Renewable energy

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Sandia Labs, Singapore join forces to develop energy storage

December 6, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the government of Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) that will tap into the labs’ expertise in energy storage. EMA is the statutory body in Singapore responsible for ensuring a reliable and secure energy supply,...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, CRADA, economic impact, energy storage, national labs, partnerships, tech transfer

Dan Borneo, center in blue shirt, and other researchers from Sandia National Laboratories met with government representatives in the Southeast Asian island city-state of Singapore. Sandia will help Singapore’s Energy Market Authority set up the country’s first grid energy storage test-bed through a Comprehensive Research and Development Agreement. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Wave energy researchers dive deep to advance clean energy source

October 13, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One of the biggest untapped clean energy sources on the planet — wave energy — could one day power millions of homes across the U.S. But more than a century after the first tests of the power of ocean waves, it is still one of the hardest energy sources...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: clean energy, energy, water, water power, wave, wave energy, wave power, WEC

Turning ubiquitous lignin into high-value chemicals

September 16, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Abundant, chock full of energy and bound so tightly that the only way to release its energy is through combustion — lignin has frustrated scientists for years. With the help of an unusual soil bacteria, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories believe they now know how to crack...

Categories: Biology, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: biofuel production, lignin, metabolic flux analysis, metabolic pathway, metabolizing lignin, Sandia National Laboratories, Sphingobium

Sandia researcher wins high-voltage award

August 2, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Awards arrive at different levels of intensity, but no one can deny that Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mark Savage has won the highest voltage prize of all — the IEEE William G. Dunbar Award — for work achieved at extremely high voltage. Asked why he was selected...

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Physics, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: high-voltage, ICF, inertial confinement fuison program, Megajoule Laser Facility, NIF, Z

DOE funding moves two Sandia energy programs closer to the marketplace

June 27, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two technologies developed at Sandia National Laboratories are among 54 energy projects that will receive nearly $16 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help bring them to market. The projects involve 12 national labs and 52 private-sector partners. Funding comes through the Technology Commercialization...

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, commercialization, economic development, energy, national labs, tech transfer

Marine Corps teams with Sandia on microgrids and renewable energy planning

May 5, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Marine Corps are the first boots on the ground in a crisis. On the front lines, they must be able to power up securely without plugging into utilities. They require nothing less than completely reliable and cost-effective energy independence. Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories are...

Categories: Military / Defense, Renewable energy

Topics: grid, marine corps, mdt, microgrid, renewable energy

Sandia Labs tapped again to lead national solar evaluation centers

May 3, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won a three-year renewal of a Department of Energy contract to manage the U.S. Regional Test Centers (RTCs), a network of five sites across the country where industry can assess the performance, reliability and economic viability of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies. The program currently...

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic impact, energy, partnerships, PV, renewable energy, RTCs, solar, solar electricity, tech transfer

U.S. rooftops get a thumbs-up for solar after Sandia testing

April 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Most U.S. rooftops in good repair can take the weight of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. That’s the conclusion of a three-year study by a research team led by Sandia National Laboratories. “There is a misperception in the building industry that existing residential rooftops lack the strength to...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: PV, renewable energy, roof strength, rooftop, solar, solar energy

Small businesses to work with Sandia on clean technologies

March 10, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it’s chosen seven small clean-energy businesses to work with Sandia National Laboratories to bring next-generation technologies to market faster. “Sandia is excited to help these companies commercialize their products and advance the clean-energy economy,” said Jackie Kerby Moore,...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, economic development, renewable energy, small business, tech transfer

Enormous blades could lead to more offshore energy in U.S.

January 28, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world. Sandia National Laboratories’ research on the extreme-scale Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor (SUMR) is funded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: blades, offshore, renewable, turbines, wind energy

Sandia Labs playing key role in grid modernization

January 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is leading the Security and Resilience area of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium (GMLC) and bringing its strong research capability in grid modernization to help the nation modernize its power grid. The consortium includes scientists and engineers from across 14...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Thor’s hammer to crush materials at 1 million atmospheres

January 5, 2016 • Sophisticated features may influence eventual Z-machine rebuildALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new Sandia National Laboratories accelerator called Thor is expected to be 40 times more efficient than Sandia’s Z machine, the world’s largest and most powerful pulsed-power accelerat…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Weapons, Physics, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: change of state, extreme conditions, magnetic fields, particle accelerator, pulsed power, stockpile stewardship, Thor, Z, z machine

Speeding up the hydrogen highway

December 16, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Drivers are seeing more hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) on the road, but refueling stations for those vehicles are still few and far between. This is about to change, and one reason is a new testing device being validated at California refuel...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: California Air Resources Board, Department of Energy, Fuel Cell Technologies Office, H2FIRST, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, hydrogen infrastructure, hydrogen refueling station, Hydrogen Station Equipment Performance Device, HyStEP, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Chemical engineer named University of New Mexico distinguished alumna

October 14, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Energy Technologies and System Solutions Center has received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Engineering. Carol Adkins was honored as one of seven distinguished alumni recognized this year for her significant impact on UNM’s...

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: alumni award, carol adkins, school of engineering, unm

Sandia clean-energy assistance pilot is open for business

September 23, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Small businesses in the clean-energy sector can apply for technical help from Sandia National Laboratories and other U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) labs through a new pilot. David Danielson, DOE assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), announced the launch of the Small Business Vouchers...

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, economic development, national labs, renewable energy, small business, tech transfer

Nothing but water: Hydrogen fuel cell unit to provide renewable power to Honolulu port

August 28, 2015 • HONOLULU — A new chapter in clean energy is starting in Hawaii. At Young Brothers Ltd.’s Port of Honolulu facility, Sandia National Laboratories is leading the Maritime Hydrogen Fuel Cell project to test a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered generator as an alternative to conventional diesel generators. The project kickoff was marked with a...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: clean energy, energy, Hawaii, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, maritime, renewable energy, Sandia National Laboratories

New arena of power generation set in motion with MOU

August 20, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and eight other companies and research organizations will collaborate to advance a distributed power system that can produce cleaner, more efficient electricity. The memorandum of understanding focuses on the development of a fossil-fueled energy system based on supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) Brayton cycle technology....

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: brayton, brayton cycle, brayton cycle technology, brayton laboratory, peregrine turbine technologies, S-CO2

Algae nutrient recycling is a triple win

August 19, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Nitrogen and phosphate nutrients are among the biggest costs in cultivating algae for biofuels. Sandia molecular biologists Todd Lane and Ryan Davis have shown they can recycle about two-thirds of those critical nutrients, and aim to raise the recycling rate to close to 100 percent. Recycling nitrogen...

Categories: Biology, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: algae, biofuels, nitrogen, nutrients, phosphate, recycling, renewable energy

Red and White Fleet going green

July 27, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — When it comes to environmental sustainability, Red and White Fleet president Tom Escher is all in. “Everyone is talking about reducing emissions by 20 percent, 40 percent or more,” he said. “I thought, ‘Why not do away with emissions altogether?’” Sandia National Laboratories, which recently signed a...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: business, clean fuel, collaboration, electric cars, emissions, ferries, hydrogen fuel cells, refueling, renewable energy

Sandia pilot to assist small clean-energy companies

July 9, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) chose Sandia National Laboratories as one of five leads in a pilot that will give small, clean-energy companies access to national laboratory expertise and resources. Sandia will receive $2.75 million of DOE’s $20 million investment to launch the voucher pilot for...

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, clean energy, collaboration, economic impact, national labs, renewable, small business, tech transfer

Testing heats up at Sandia’s Solar Tower with high temperature falling particle receiver

July 1, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to lower the cost of solar energy systems and improve efficiencies in a big way, thanks to a system of small particles. This month, engineers lifted Sandia’s continuously recirculating falling particle receiver to the top of the tower at the...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: concentrating solar power, energy production, falling particle receiver, solar, solar tower, sunshot

Sandia’s Z machine receives funding aimed at fusion energy

June 29, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A two-year, $3.8 million award has been received by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) to hasten the day of low-cost, high-yield fusion reactions for energy purposes. High-yield means much more energy emerging from a fusion reaction than is put...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Physics, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: ARPA-E, laser, LLE, magLIF, plasma, pulsed power, University of Rochester, Z

Amplified light passes through the large tubes of Sandia National Laboratories’ Z-Beamlet laser, one of the most powerful in the world.

Sandia finds shared opportunities for natural gas and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle markets

March 10, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif.—Fueling stations that offer both hydrogen and natural gas could benefit distributors of both fuel types, says a new Sandia National Laboratories report, “Transitioning the Transportation Sector: Exploring the Intersection of Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Natural Gas Vehicles.” The report, from a workshop last fall supported by the Department...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: American Gas Association, fuel cell, hydrogen fuel cell, natural gas vehicles, Toyota

Combining ‘Tinkertoy’ materials with solar cells for increased photovoltaic efficiency

November 3, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have received a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to develop a technique that they believe will significantly improve the efficiencies of photovoltaic materials and h…

Categories: Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: electricity, energy, metal-organic framework, MOF, renewable energy, solar, sunshot

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Vitalie Stavila inserts a substrate patterned with electrodes into a temperature-controlled liquid-phase reactor for depositing MOF thin films. Sandia's research team plans to combine MOFs with dye-sensitized solar cells, a technique it believes will lead to advancements in photovoltaic technology. (Photo by Dino Vournas)

Evaluating powerful batteries for modular grid energy storage

October 24, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M. Project lead David Rosewater said Sandia will evaluate the 1 megawatt, lithium-ion grid energy storage system for capacity, power, safety and...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: energy, energy grid, energy storage, GridSaver, renewable energy

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