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
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
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
SWiFT Facility Prepared for More-Efficient Operations & Advanced Turbine-Turbine Wake-Interaction-Control Research October 16, 2015 11:19 pm This past summer, activities at the DOE/SNL Scaled Wind-Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility picked up in preparation for an enhanced, more-efficient... View Article
Sandia Wake-Imaging System Successfully Deployed at Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility September 18, 2015 10:54 pm The Sandia Wake-Imaging System (SWIS) was deployed for a full-scale field demonstration at the Sandia Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT)... View Article
National Rotor Testbed Rotor Design Integrated Airfoil Performance Results February 24, 2015 11:58 am The National Rotor Testbed (NRT) team is examining the effect of airfoil choice on the final design of the new... View Article
Partnership Opportunities May 21, 2013 4:02 pm Resources: Steps to Commercialization Sandia’s Technology Partnership website Partnerships for Business, Industry and Nonprofits A non-exhaustive list of test... View Article
Wind Energy November 10, 2010 11:15 am Advancing technology, siting wind farms both on and offshore, and reducing wind’s cost of energy. Sandia’s Wind Energy Technologies Department... View Article