Testing heat exchangers helps move solar plans forward June 14, 2021 8:00 am Sandia researchers have completed a two-year effort to evaluate heat exchanger performance for the Labs’ latest concentrating solar power project.... View Article
Sandia wins $25 million DOE award to build next-generation CSP power plant May 4, 2021 10:38 am Sandia National Laboratories has won a $25 million award from The Department of Energy to build, test, and demonstrate a... View Article
New tool brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually February 2, 2021 3:12 pm Sandia researchers have a new tool that allows them to study wind power, to see whether it can be efficiently... View Article
Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility launches R&D Voucher Program to further Concentrating Solar Power technologies January 29, 2021 9:21 pm Sandia National Laboratories is currently seeking applications from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and individuals to further technologies related... View Article
Solar prize winners highlight successful DOE voucher program January 18, 2021 9:57 pm DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Office recently announced round three winners of its American-Made Solar Prize, both Sandia partners through the... View Article
Sandia’s NSTTF to test new particle receiver technology September 16, 2020 6:58 pm 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 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 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 Two photovoltaic cell sides are better than one, especially when trailing the sun, according to a recent Joule journal article... View Article
SunPower and Sandia partnership leads to demonstration of innovative new module technology February 3, 2020 6:14 pm Representatives from SunPower Corporation, a leading US solar manufacturer and global competitor, recently visited Sandia National Laboratories to inspect the... View Article