Renewable Systems & Energy Infrastructure Director Carol Adkins (left), Business Development Specialist Amanda Spinney (center), and Senior Manager Juan Torres (right) represent Sandia National Laboratories at the May 2016 EERE Lab Impact Summit. Renewable Energy Senior Manager Juan Torres participated on a panel at the recent DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Lab Impact Summit to showcase Sandia Laboratories’ partnership with Vestas at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility in Lubbock, TX. SWiFT performs accredited research testing for both collaborative and highly proprietary projects with industrial, governmental, and academic partners. Two of the site’s three Vestas V27 turbines are funded by EERE; the third was installed by Vestas R&D of Houston, TX. Vestas invested in the site to develop a technology accelerator to rapidly and cost-effectively facilitate marketplace innovation.