Arctic Airspace Warning Area Established to Aid Research & Exploration August 21, 2015 10:04 pm The US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have placed a 700-mile-long, 40-mile wide stretch of... View Article
Sandian Contributes to Western Electricity Coordinating Council Photovoltaic Power Plant Model Validation Guideline August 21, 2015 9:48 pm As part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s (WECC’s) Modeling and Validation Work Group, Sandia researcher Ryan Elliott (in Sandia’s... View Article
Upcoming Release of the University of Minnesota’s Virtual Wind Simulator August 5, 2015 4:22 pm Large-eddy simulation (LES) of wind farms with wind-turbine parameterization is emerging as a powerful tool for improving existing wind farm... View Article
Sandia Wind-Turbine Blade Flaw Detection Experiments in Denmark August 5, 2015 3:55 pm Wind-turbine blades pose a unique set of inspection challenges: from very thick and attentive spar-cap structures to porous bond lines,... View Article
Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics Management for Offshore Wind Plants August 5, 2015 3:36 pm Offshore wind energy could potentially play a significant role in helping the nation establish a diversified energy-generation portfolio composed of... View Article
Workshop “Shales at All Scales: Exploring Coupled Processes” Is a Success July 30, 2015 5:29 pm This workshop, held June 9–11 in Santa Fe, explored physical and geochemical processes in shale controlled by diagenesis; nano-confinement and... View Article
Sandia Modifies Delft3D Turbine Model July 29, 2015 11:28 pm Delft3D is a state-of-the-art, open-source hydrodynamics software suite capable of modeling hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and water quality in rivers, lakes,... View Article
Sandia Research on Rooftop Structural Strength Gains Attention July 29, 2015 5:24 pm Two Sandia research reports, “Structural Code Considerations of Solar Rooftop Installations” and “Empirically Derived Strength of Residential Roof Structure for... View Article
Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Funding Awarded for Feasibility Study July 23, 2015 10:58 pm The San Francisco Bay Renewable Energy Electric vessel with Zero Emissions (SF-BREEZE) project intends to revolutionize ferry performance on the... View Article
Sandia Pilot Program to Assist Small Clean-Energy Companies July 23, 2015 10:46 pm The DOE chose Sandia as one of five leads in a pilot that will give small, clean-energy companies access to... View Article