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Sandia creates global archive of historical renewable energy documents
October 6, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories began studying the power of the sun to produce utility-scale energy in the 1960s. Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility was commissioned in 1978, spurred by the oil crisis of 1973.[caption id="" align="alignleft" w…
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Two people look at blueprints with Sandia's Solar Tower looming large above.

New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight
October 25, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight than current technology. The receivers were designed and studied as part of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project...
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