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2024 European PVPMC Workshop announces call for abstracts
News Article, April 15, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ PV Performance and Modelling Collaborative has released a call for abstracts for the 2024 European PVPMC Workshop. The Technical University of Denmark, European Energy, and Sandia will host the event taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 21-22, 2024.  Workshop organizers are currently inviting session abstracts on the...
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2024 Sandia Blade Workshop
News Article, March 1, 2024 • The 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop will be held Sept. 16-20, 2024, at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The workshop brings together wind industry experts, wind farm stakeholders and operators, manufacturers, and researchers. Speakers and attendees will address the major topics for wind turbine blades, network with colleagues, and...

A SEAT at the global table: Environmental modeling software endorsed by the Ocean Decade
News Article, June 6, 2024 • Figure: Example of a SEAT output showing risk of potential changes in seabed dynamics (i.e., erosion or deposition) caused by modified wave and circulation forces induced by a WEC array interacting with local sediment bed composition. Sandia National Laboratories’ Spatial Environmental Assessment Toolkit has received an endorsement from the United...

Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Solar + Storage Project
News Article, October 27, 2022 • Sandia recently partnered with Albuquerque Public Schools, NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department, the Department of Energy, and OE Solar for the opening of the district’s largest solar installation together with the state’s most extensive battery energy storage system. The $3.2 million solar + storage project at Atrisco Heritage...
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Babu Chalamala elected to National Academy of Engineering
News Article, May 8, 2024 • Since joining Sandia in 2015, Babu Chalamala has diligently worked to improve the safety and reliability of grid storage technologies. In the long run, his efforts support the large-scale integration of grid storage and the modernization of the electricity infrastructure. In the short term, they have earned him election to...

eGrid 2024 call for papers now open
News Article, May 6, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held on November 19-21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop — sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories and University...

eGrid 2024 Workshop registration now open
News Article, October 2, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held November 19–21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop, sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories, will provide a forum...

Family-friendly Earth Day virtual event
News Article, April 20, 2022 • Sandia is partnering with national laboratories across the country to host a ‘Sunrise to Sunset’ Earth Day celebration on April 22. The day-long event will feature science-based, educational activities for kids K-12. At 11:30AM (MST) Sandia’s Kenny Armijo will provide a tour of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility and...

How do you ship a wave? In a box, of course. A WaveBox.
News Article, September 12, 2024 • A forklift loads the SWEPT Lab onto a flatbed truck A group of engineers watch as a forklift moves a shipping container onto a flatbed truck. The container is about to embark on a four-day trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, Oregon. Inside the container is a one-of-a-kind mobile...

Internship prepares Native students for careers in tribal energy
News Article, September 20, 2023 • Three interns who participated in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy-sponsored student internship program shared their experiences in a recent post published to DOE's website. The program is administered by Sandia — Sandra Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation, has been implementing the program on behalf...
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Long Duration Energy Storage National Consortium hosting first Annual Workshop
News Article, July 29, 2024 • The LDES National Consortium is hosting its first Annual Workshop on September 10-11 in Los Angeles, California. The focus of the Annual Workshop will be to increase partnership opportunities and networking among individuals and organizations directly engaged in LDES technology development, investing, market planning, project management, and policymaking. Hosted by...

New Microgrid Design Toolkit tutorial site
News Article, April 30, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories developed the Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT), a decision support software for microgrid designers that is publicly available for download. Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses powerful search algorithms to identify and characterize alternative microgrid designs in terms of user-defined inputs and...
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New virtual tour that’s got the power
News Article, April 3, 2023 • It hasn’t harnessed the power of Shazam, yet, but the Distributed Energy and Technologies Laboratory (DETL) is exploring how to integrate emerging technologies into today’s energy grid. Discover everything DETL is doing with solar power, electric vehicles, battery technology and more, all from the comfort of your desktop or mobile...

PR100 Final Results Public Webinar
News Article, January 23, 2024 • Puerto Rico has committed to 100% renewable energy by 2050—and the new Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy (PR100) Study results can help them get there. Join the U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 7 at 2:30 ET for a presentation of final results from PR100....
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Registration is now open for the 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, August 2, 2022 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the virtual 2022 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. The workshop will be held August 23-24, 8AM to 4PM MT, via zoom. The goal of this workshop is to identify research directions and priorities for...
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Registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop
News Article, July 1, 2024 • We are pleased to announce registration is now open for the 2024 Sandia Blade Workshop.   To register, please visit the Eventbrite webpage, and keep in mind that your registration is not complete until also paying the registration fee on Sandia Pay. The registration fee is waived for invited speakers and...

Registration now open for the 2024 PVPMC Workshop
News Article, March 29, 2024 • The 2024 PV Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshop will take place May 7–9, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Registration is now open.   The popular workshop addresses the current state of photovoltaic system models, works to develop a path forward for establishing best practices on PV system performance modeling and sets the...
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Sandia contributes nuclear science expertise to the International Youth Nuclear Congress
News Article, November 14, 2022 • Sylvia Saltzstein, Sandia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies Senior Manager, will travel to Japan to participate in the upcoming International Youth Nuclear Congress November 27 through December 2. The conference presents an opportunity for young nuclear science professionals to discuss research, collaborate, network, and learn from senior leaders who share their...
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Sandia develops mobile cybersecurity test for electric vehicle charging stations
News Article, November 1, 2024 • Sandia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, developed a new approach that allows for agile, mobile testing of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new testing method, which focuses on communications and cybersecurity functionality of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), could fill a critical need in the future of grid...

Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
News Article, August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...

Sandia releases Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 to the public
News Article, October 31, 2024 • Sandia has released the latest Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 software download to the public. MDT 1.4 expands on Sandia’s existing MDT build, which serves as a decision support software for microgrid designers. Download the Microgrid Design Toolkit Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses...
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Sandia Wind Energy Technologies Program takes lead for six incubator awards
News Article, November 8, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories received the lead on six new incubator awards announced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office on October 20. WETO provided the wind-specific seed funding for a new program to create novel pathways to innovation while allowing the national labs a higher degree of risk...
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