Texas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With Oil & Gas Producers
Wind energy investors are finding a friendly home in Texas, partly on account of the rising demand for electricity from oil and gas operations.
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Rotating Laser on Texas Wind Turbine to Improve Accuracy of Wind Industry Simulation Tools
In partnership with General Electric (GE), and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) successfully installed and deployed a device called a spinner lidar on the hub — the structure that connects blades to … [continued]
Sandia Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Tackling PFAS Contamination
Sandia scientists achieve breakthrough in tackling PFAS contamination
Remote & Rural Communities Boosted By Distributed Wind Energy
Four-Year, Multilab Project Evaluates How Communities Can Safely, Effectively, and Efficiently Benefit from Distributed Wind Energy No roads lead to St. Mary’s, Alaska. To get there, most people boat down the nearby Yukon River, which is almost as wide as the village itself. That same route is used to bring … [continued]
Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Initiative — 3-Year Project To Improve American Wind Turbine Production
A 3-year, $6.3 million dollar project to improve every aspect of the American wind turbine production process/industry was recently begun via a partnership between Sandia National Laboratories, Iowa State University, and TPI Composites (an operator of a wind turbine blade factory). The project — the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Initiative — … [continued]
Technology Played Key Role In Wind Industry Growth
By American Wind Energy Association. Washington, D.C. — American wind energy generation has outpaced the growth in new wind power capacity thanks to innovative technological advancements. Over the past five years, U.S. wind energy capacity grew from 25,000 megawatts (MW) to over 61,000 MW, a 140 percent growth rate, yet … [continued]
Sandia Harnessing Solar Energy With Tiny Particles
Originally published on the Sandia National Laboratory website. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with partner institutions Georgia Tech, Bucknell University, King Saud University and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), are using a falling particle receiver to more efficiently convert the sun’s energy to electricity in large-scale, … [continued]
Better Lithium-Ion Batteries Via “Popcorn Pathways”
This article was originally published on the website of Sandia National Laboratories on June 11, 2013 (minor changes incorporated). LIVERMORE, Calif.— Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have confirmed the particle-by-particle mechanism by which lithium ions move in and out of electrodes made of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, or LFP), findings that … [continued]
New “Flow” Battery Does that Cheap Energy Storage Thing
Scientists on the lookout for utility-scale, high efficiency batteries are developing new “flow”systems that that store energy more effectively than lead-acid or lithium-ion batteries, but there’s a catch. The flow batteries in operation now are about the size of a house and they cost more than the equivalent in lithium-ion … [continued]
