Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne Testing
On November 24, 2012 the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) began testing of the Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR) solar receiver shroud. Fifteen days of solar testing are scheduled for this...
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Solar Test Facility Upgrades Complete, Leading to Better Sandia Capabilities...
A recent overhaul of the DOE’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF), operated by Sandia, is dramatically improving researchers’ ability to understand and use concentrating solar power (CSP)....
View ArticleSandia Solar Energy Test System Cited in National Engineering Competition
The Molten Salt Test Loop at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc., of Albuquerque, N.M., earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary...
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Sandia-AREVA Commission Solar Thermal/Molten Salt Energy-Storage Demonstration
AREVA and Sandia began operations of their molten salt energy-storage demonstration plant designed specifically for use with AREVA’s compact linear Fresnel reflector (CLFR) technology. Funded partially...
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Sandia Researchers Win CSP:ELEMENTS Funding Award
On May 21st, the Department of Energy SunShot Initiative announced $10M for six new R&D projects that will advance innovative concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. The Concentrating Solar...
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SolarReserve Is Testing Prototype Heliostats at NSTTF
SolarReserve is testing engineering units at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) operated by Sandia. The company says it decided to test its prototype heliostats at NSTTF because of...
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Sandia’s Continuously Recirculating Falling-Particle Receiver Emplaced at Top...
Sandia researchers are working to lower the cost of solar energy systems and improve efficiencies in a big way, thanks to a system of small particles. Technologists John Kelton and Daniel Ray (both in...
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Navy/Marine Engineering Command Visits Sandia
Our nation relies upon a network of radars across the country to support the missions of homeland defense/ security, flight safety, and weather forecasting. The air-surveillance environment contains...
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Sandia Pilot Program to Assist Small Clean-Energy Companies
The National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia could be used for collaborative research through the Small Business Voucher Pilot. (Photo by Randy Montoya) The DOE chose Sandia as one of five leads...
View ArticleHigh-Temperature Falling Particle Receiver Reaches New Limits
At its National Solar Thermal Test Facility, Sandia National Laboratories recently completed a 3½-year project funded by DOE’s SunShot Initiative to develop a high-temperature falling particle...
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Sandia’s Solar Tower Welcomes the Eclipse!
Sandia solar energy researcher Josh Christian and his colleagues will investigate the effects of the eclipse on the ongoing research performed at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility Today, August...
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Sandia-AREVA Commission Solar Thermal/Molten Salt Energy-Storage Demonstration
AREVA and Sandia began operations of their molten salt energy-storage demonstration plant designed specifically for use with AREVA’s compact linear Fresnel reflector (CLFR) technology. Funded partially...
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Sandia Researchers Win CSP:ELEMENTS Funding Award
On May 21st, the Department of Energy SunShot Initiative announced $10M for six new R&D projects that will advance innovative concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. The Concentrating Solar...
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SolarReserve Is Testing Prototype Heliostats at NSTTF
SolarReserve is testing engineering units at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) operated by Sandia. The company says it decided to test its prototype heliostats at NSTTF because of...
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Sandia’s Continuously Recirculating Falling-Particle Receiver Emplaced at Top...
Sandia researchers are working to lower the cost of solar energy systems and improve efficiencies in a big way, thanks to a system of small particles. Technologists John Kelton and Daniel Ray (both in...
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Navy/Marine Engineering Command Visits Sandia
Our nation relies upon a network of radars across the country to support the missions of homeland defense/ security, flight safety, and weather forecasting. The air-surveillance environment contains...
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Sandia Pilot Program to Assist Small Clean-Energy Companies
The National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia could be used for collaborative research through the Small Business Voucher Pilot. (Photo by Randy Montoya) The DOE chose Sandia as one of five leads...
View ArticleHigh-Temperature Falling Particle Receiver Reaches New Limits
At its National Solar Thermal Test Facility, Sandia National Laboratories recently completed a 3½-year project funded by DOE’s SunShot Initiative to develop a high-temperature falling particle...
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Sandia’s Solar Tower Welcomes the Eclipse!
Sandia solar energy researcher Josh Christian and his colleagues will investigate the effects of the eclipse on the ongoing research performed at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility Today, August...
View ArticleSandia’s High-Temperature Falling-Particle Receiver Among Next Generation...
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office has awarded $72 million to projects advancing high-temperature concentrating solar power systems, including the falling-particle receiver...
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