Partnership Opportunities

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Resources:

• Steps to Commercialization
• Sandia’s Technology Partnership website, including partnerships for business, industry and nonprofits

Capabilities of the Site Include:​

Testing Industry Technologies

• ​Component testing of operations and management (O&M ) technologies such as drones, crawlers, non-destructive inspection (NDI), cleaning and repair (tower scrubber)​, and robots
• Access to wind turbines and other site assets
• Green technology, grid resilience, and cybersecurity testing, with interconnection with the Texas Tech University Global Laboratory for Energy Asset Management and Manufacturing (GLEAMM)
• Sandia partner Group NIRE brings site development expertise for the installation of test equipment on the Reese Technology Center

Enabling Workforce Development Programs​

• Provide access to relevant scale operational equipment for partner-provided hands-on training​
• Make assets available for climb and rescue training ​and wind turbine basic orientation training
• Partner with regional entities to help build a safe and strong renewable energy workforce for the future

Rotor Advancements and Testing​

• Experience with design, manufacturing, and operation of rotor experiments​
• Relevant scale and lower costs, experienced and agile operating model to seamlessly integrate with partner needs and requirements
• Highly trained, skilled and experienced technologists, who are well-versed in instrumentation, data acquisition, and testing