Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility launches R&D Voucher Program to further Concentrating Solar Power technologies January 29, 2021 9:21 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility launches R&D Voucher Program to further Concentrating Solar Power technologies Sandia National Laboratories is currently seeking applications from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and individuals to further technologies related... View Article
Case Western Reserve University researchers using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants as part of federal energy program January 29, 2021 4:52 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Case Western Reserve University researchers using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants as part of federal energy program
Sandia Labs tests Terra Pave soil binder, says it’s environmentally friendly for bifacial solar sites January 29, 2021 4:34 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Sandia Labs tests Terra Pave soil binder, says it’s environmentally friendly for bifacial solar sites
Sandia’s NSTTF to test new particle receiver technology September 16, 2020 6:58 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Sandia’s NSTTF to test new particle receiver technology The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions recently awarded $750,000 to Sandia National Laboratories to help test German... View Article
Sandia’s NSTTF facilitates ground-breaking experiments this summer July 16, 2020 10:05 am Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Sandia’s NSTTF facilitates ground-breaking experiments this summer World’s first particle-to-supercritical CO2 heat-exchanger system and on-sun falling particle receiver connected to a supercritical CO2 loop testing to take... View Article
PSEL wraps up testing on non-reflective solar panels for arrays in glare-sensitive locations July 15, 2020 4:43 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on PSEL wraps up testing on non-reflective solar panels for arrays in glare-sensitive locations Sandia National Laboratories’ Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL) is in the final phase of a collaborative research project with Nishati,... View Article
New research finds power in techno-economic comparison of bifacial and tracking PV systems combinations June 10, 2020 10:00 am Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on New research finds power in techno-economic comparison of bifacial and tracking PV systems combinations Two photovoltaic cell sides are better than one, especially when trailing the sun, according to a recent Joule journal article... View Article
FOSWEC testing helps validate open-source modeling code June 9, 2020 9:58 am Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on FOSWEC testing helps validate open-source modeling code Earlier this year, Sandia National Laboratories Water Power Technologies researchers successfully tested the Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Device (FOSWEC).... View Article
Sandia Water Controls Workshop, Carderock Tour to coincide with upcoming ICOE conference March 10, 2020 7:18 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Sandia Water Controls Workshop, Carderock Tour to coincide with upcoming ICOE conference Recent success at the two-day Floating Oscillating Surge Wave Energy Device (FOSWEC) Workshop at Oregon State University has Sandia National... View Article
Report: Can deployable wind turbines decrease reliance on liquid fuels during military and disaster response? March 9, 2020 2:36 pm Published by Kelly Sullivan Comments Off on Report: Can deployable wind turbines decrease reliance on liquid fuels during military and disaster response? Sandia National Laboratories, Idaho National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently published a report assessing the opportunity for... View Article