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Two Sandia researchers receive Presidential Early Career awards

February 3, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia researchers Stephanie Hansen and Alan Kruizenga are among 102 scientists and engineers to receive the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE, established in 1996, is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the...

Categories: Awards, Biology, Renewable energy

Topics: high energy density, high temperature, molten salt, pecase

AREVA Solar building on Sandia’s molten salt expertise

June 12, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A soaring structure on the south side of the Department of Energy’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) combines two cutting-edge technologies in concentrating solar energy: Compact Linear Fresnel Reflectors and molten salt thermal storage. U…

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AREVA Solar, molten salt, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, sunshot

Solar test facility upgrades complete, lead to better capabilities at Sandia for power industry

November 13, 2012 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="The Molten Salt Test Loop is the only test facility in the country that can provide real power plant conditions and collect data about the interactions of pressure, temperature and flow rates. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Cl…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, concentrating solar power, Department of Energy, DOE, molten salt, national laboratories, NSTTF, Sandia, solar