Renewable energy

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Powering tribal lands: Sandia researcher to discuss off-grid, green technologies for rural areas at law seminar

April 30, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandra Begay-Campbell, leader of Sandia’s Tribal Renewable Energy Program and member of the Navajo Nation, will present “The Potential for Tribal Energy Resource Development in the Southwest” at the Tribal Energy in the Southwest Conference May 3-…

Categories: Community / Education, Conferences / Symposia, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: women in STEM

Sandra Begay-Campbell stands in front of Window Rock with a solar panel.

Fueling the future with fish tank residue: Sandia scientist discusses use of algae as a biofuel

February 18, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As Americans demand new and cleaner ways to meet the country’s energy needs, researchers are turning to algae as a promising new fuel source. The approach has the potential to significantly reduce the nation’s reliance on imported oil while contributing to...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

December 21, 2009 • Adventures in microsolar supported by microelectronics and MEMS techniques ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened...

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

Representative thin crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells – these are from 14 to 20 microns thick and 0.25 to 1 millimeter across.

Sandia, others funded to sequence microbial genes for potential biofuels use

October 28, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia researchers and others at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Novozymes and North Carolina State University’s Center for Integrated Fungal Research (NCSU-CIFR) have received a DNA sequencing award from the Depart...

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

The 454 genome sequencing instruments (shown here at the Joint Genome Institutes Walnut Creek, Calif. headquarters) are among the platforms to be utilized in the grasslands project. Photo credit: Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Turning algae into energy

October 7, 2009 • Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of a project to create alternative sources of energy, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are cultivating green algae that holds promise as a new supply of biofuel. “People have been growing algae for centuries for food supplements...

Categories: Biology, Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: algal biofuels, biofuel, biomass, dairy effluent, energy, New Mexico Small Business Association, recycling, sustainable

New SunCatcher™ power system unveiled at National Solar Thermal Test Facility

July 7, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Called SunCatchers™, the new dishes have a refined design that...

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

New type of membrane developed at Sandia may help make hydrogen hybrid cars a reality

June 4, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers may have developed the key to making hydrogen cars a commercial reality.

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Hydrogen Road Tour event in Livermore will showcase fuel cell vehicles

May 27, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — As Sandia National Laboratories prepares to cohost the upcoming Hydrogen Road Tour in Livermore, Calif., Sandia’s hydrogen program manager, Jay Keller, asserts that recent advances in hydrogen technology are real and significant.“Sandia has been at …

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia, Purdue investigate new methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines

May 27, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers with Sandia National Laboratories and Purdue University are using sensors and computational software to help design a better wind turbine.

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM

May 7, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate. The system, developed through a multiyear project...

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

Terry Johnson and the hydrogen storage system for GM

Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies

April 23, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first arrangement of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college, Sandia National Laboratories and Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., recently signed a memorandum of understanding committing the two organizations to...

Categories: Community / Education, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Energy policy must reconcile values across security, economics, and the environment, energy leaders assert

April 2, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — At a workshop convened by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI), some 25 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector gathered on March 18-19 to discuss key...

Categories: Conferences / Symposia, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence, say Sandia researchers

February 10, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030.

Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia engineer Cliff Ho wins Discover magazine’s ‘The Future of Energy in 2 Minutes or Less’ contest

December 17, 2008 • Nathaniel Greene, director of Renewable Energy Policy at NRDC and judge for Discover’s contest says on Discover’s website that “I love [Cliff’s] concrete and clear presentation. I thought it did a good job of laying out the different ways we can use solar energy.”

Categories: Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Space / Astronomy

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