Don’t set it and forget it — scan it and fix it with tech that detects wind blade damage July 1, 2019 6:05 pm by Kristen Meub, photo by Randy Montoya Sandia’s crawling robots, drones detect damage to save wind blades Drones and crawling... View Article
2019 PV Systems Symposium begins May 14th May 13, 2019 8:37 pm The 2019 PV Systems Symposium will take place Tuesday, May 14, 2019 through Thursday, May 16, 2019, at the Hotel... View Article
New Lab Offers Mobile, Specialized Testing for Wave Energy Converter Power Take-Off Systems February 13, 2019 4:35 pm A new facility at Sandia National Labs offers mobile, specialized testing for systems that produce power from wave energy. The... View Article
First Wake Data Captured During Wake Steering Experiment at the SWiFT Facility July 14, 2016 7:22 pm Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have met a major project milestone as part... View Article
Sandia Labs’ Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Lab (PSEL) Marks Accomplishments & Adds Capabilities July 7, 2016 11:44 pm Home to the New Mexico Regional Test Center (RTC), PSEL’s outdoor laboratory has also received many equipment upgrades built on... View Article
DOE selects two companies to work with Sandia solar energy programs March 31, 2016 5:10 pm Assistant Secretary of Energy David Danielson announced the first-round awardees in DOE/EERE’s Small Business Vouchers Pilot (SBV) that selects national laboratories to provide technical assistance... View Article
SWiFT Site Atmospheric Characterization March 24, 2016 5:36 pm Site atmospheric conditions have been analyzed by members of Sandia’s Wind Energy Technologies Department to characterize the magnitude and frequency... View Article
Sandia Develops Stochastic Production Cost Model Simulator for Electric Power Systems November 13, 2015 12:56 am Sandia has developed a software toolkit that uses stochastic programming to perform power system production cost model simulations. Named PRESCIENT,... View Article
Aerodynamic Wind-Turbine Blade Design for the National Rotor Testbed November 13, 2015 12:40 am Sandia has designed a new wind-turbine blade for the National Rotor Testbed (NRT) project and for future experiments at the... View Article
Sandia Research to Be Featured on Upcoming Cover of Journal of Physical Chemistry B November 11, 2015 6:55 pm Several Sandia Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) researchers, in collaboration with others in Kentucky and India, have published, “Theoretical insights into the... View Article