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. Many of the documents detailing the design, construction and research conducted at the world’s first multimegawatt concentrating solar […]
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Sandia creates global archive of historical renewable energy documents
October 6, 2021 – 5:00 am
By Mollie Rappe
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Posted in History, Renewable energy
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Also tagged archives, concentrating solar power, historical documents, National Solar Thermal Test Facility
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New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight
October 25, 2017 – 5:00 am
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 and are also being applied […]
By Kristen Meub
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Posted in Science / Technology / Engineering
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Also tagged brayton cycle technology, electricity production, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, solar efficiency, solar receiver designs, supercritical carbon dioxide
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