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Dear Readers,
When I came to Sandia in 1990, many wondered how the national labs would fare in a world in which some of the biggest threats to our nation have no geographic locations – threats like energy dependence and flagging U.S. competitiveness.
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Summer 2008 — Volume 10, No. 1
Energized
The links between water and energy
Water and energy are inextricably linked. It takes large volumes of water to produce energy and lots of low-cost energy to treat and distribute water. But the planning and management of these fundamental resources have historically been done in isolation.
Record-seting solar power
On a perfect New Mexico day Sandia and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate.
Green jet fuel
Sandia team is investigating how to produce military Jet Propellant 8 (JP-8) fuel using renewable biomass oil feedstocks, including oil crops, unconventional sources like algae, and various forms of waste vegetable and animal oils.
INSIGHTS:Petroleum Studies 101
Getting to $4 for a gallon of gasoline, as we did this summer, took some doing. Only last July we paid $3, and back in July 2004 we paid $2. Many factors combine to drive oil prices.
