Energy / Environment / Water

Results 1–25 of 310
Date Inputs. Currently set to enter a start and end date.
–
Current Filters Clear all

Students tackle food waste in Future City Competition
January 15, 2026, Media Advisory • Is there a future where food doesn’t go to waste? Where, from farm to table, the health of people and the planet are paramount? That is the future students are tasked with creating at the 2026 Future City Competition.
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , ,

Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen
April 9, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a vast volume of porous sandstone reservoir, once full of oil and natural gas, now full of a different, carbon-free fuel — hydrogen. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be...
Categories: Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , ,
Matthew Paul, a Sandia National Laboratories geosciences engineer, works on a gas adsorption system in a fume hood as part of a project to see if depleted petroleum reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel.

Sandia and UNM collaborate to build more efficient rocket
January 25, 2024 • [caption id="attachment_22498" align="alignright" width="233"] Graham Monroe, left, and Sal Rodriguez display the dimpled rocket nose they built as part of a collaboration between Sandia and the University of New Mexico. (Photo by Jennifer Plante) Click on the thumbnail for …
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , , ,

Creating the self-healing grid of the future
January 23, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Self-healing electrical grids: It may sound like a concept from science fiction, with tiny robots or some sentient tech crawling around fixing power lines, but in a reality not far from fiction a team of researchers is bringing this idea to life. What’s not hard to imagine...
Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water
Topics:
Michael Ropp in Sandia’s Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory with binary code displayed behind him.

Two researchers elected associate fellows for aerospace contributions
November 15, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories employees will soon join the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics class of 2024 as associate fellows. “This distinguished group of professionals has made significant and lasting contributions to the aerospace profession,” said AIAA President and Sandia Deputy Laboratories Director Laura McGill. “They...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Military / Defense, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy
Topics: , , , ,

Rocks may hold key to storing intermittent renewable energy, expanding its use
October 24, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with New Mexico-based CSolPower LLC to develop an affordable method of storing energy from renewable sources. The primary goal of the partnership is to transition to zero-carbon solar and wind energy for generating electricity. “You need to have energy storage and dispatchable...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: ,

Cutting-edge complex
August 11, 2023 • [caption id="attachment_21819" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories hosted a ribbon cutting Aug. 7 for its new Emergency Operations Center. Left to right are Sandia Labs Environment, Safety & Health Director David Stuhan, Sandia Labs Chief Operati…
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget
Topics: , , , , , , , ,

Sandia scientists achieve breakthrough in tackling PFAS contamination
June 1, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known as PFAS through contaminated water and other products. Sandia is now investing more money to take their...
Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Students to visit Sandia for firsthand look at STEM careers
March 23, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of students from Gallup, Miyamura and Grants high schools will visit Sandia National Laboratories on March 30 to see firsthand some of the Labs’ research and technology that career paths in science, technology, engineering and math can lead to. The students will tour Sandia’s National...
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , ,

Sandia scientists help enhance advanced nuclear reactor analysis
March 14, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, and advanced reactors can add more of it to the U.S. grid, which is vital for the environment and economy. For decades, Sandia National Laboratories has supported the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in its role of regulating and...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water
Topics: , , ,
Two men stand with a red periodic table of the elements projected upon them.

Sandia studies vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure
November 15, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years....
Categories: Cybersecurity, Renewable energy
Topics: , , ,
Woman charging an electric car.

Propelling wind energy innovation
September 8, 2022 • [caption id="attachment_20521" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboartories’ Twistact technology proves beneficial in lowering costs, improving sustainability and reducing maintenance for next-generation direct-drive wind turbines. (Photo by Zhang Fengsheng…
Categories: Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Nuclear Weapons, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , , , , ,
Sandia’s Twistact technology proves beneficial in lowering costs, improving sustainability and reducing maintenance for next-generation direct-drive wind turbines.
Results 1–25 of 310