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Sandia, DOE, Navajo Nation sign MOU

December 6, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In an effort to build working relationships between the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and the Navajo Nation, the entities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Dec. 4 in Albuquerque. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson, Navajo...

“Wind blows everywhere sometime”

December 5, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To stimulate development of wind power resources essentially untapped in New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories has contracted to purchase "green" electricity generated by an already-in-place wind turbine near Clovis...
Three 80-feet-long blades turn the wind turbine generator at Llano Estacado Wind Ranch, near Clovis, N.M. The turbine sits atop a 230-feet-tall tubular steel tower. The generator can produce 660 kilowatts from winds blowing between eight and 55 miles per hour.

Method receives thumbs up from industry

September 13, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new way to safely, simply and effectively connect electricity-producing photovoltaic (PV) solar systems to utility company power grids has been developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Already several manufacturers have...
NEW CONTROL METHOD — The new technology developed by Sandia researchers will make it more attractive for people to use photovoltaics and other forms of alternate energy because they can be more easily connected to the electric grid.

Millions of lives at risk

April 13, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Technology developed at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories to remove toxins from groundwater contaminated by nuclear waste may offer clues about how to resolve a catastrophic environmental crisis in Bangladesh where arsenic-polluted...
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