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Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students compete in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center in the foothills just south of Boulder, Colorado. They built scale model wind turbines that were tested for performance in a wind tunnel at the NWTC. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students compete in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center in the foothills just south of Boulder, Colorado. They built scale model wind turbines that were tested for performance in a wind tunnel at the NWTC. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, speaks to college students competing in the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, brown helmet, assists college students testing their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, brown helmet, assists college students testing their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, brown helmet, assists college students testing their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- College students test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, checks in with competitors at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, checks in with competitors at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, checks in with competitors at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, runs the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, runs the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, runs the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- NREL researcher Jason Roadman, left, and Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, run the wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, checks in with competitors at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, checks in with competitors at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation to judges at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
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Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors give their oral presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
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Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Jose Zayes, Office Director, Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the Energy Department, listens to a team presentation at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors make last minute adjustments to their turbines at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors take part in a bonus turbine placement exercise at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Collegiate Wind Competition
May 01, 2015- Competitors test their turbines in a wind tunnel at the 2015 Collegiate Wind Competition held at NREL's National Wind Technology Center just south of Boulder, Colorado. T (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Seven collegiate teams from around the United States took part in the inaugural U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition Technical Challenge 2015, which was held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s National Wind Technology Center. Teams that participated in the competition’s inaugural 2014 competition in Las Vegas, Nevada, were invited back to improve upon their designs and technical solutions.
View the Collegiate Wind Competition 2015 Technical Challenge Rules and Requirements.
Final Results
After a high-intensity three-day competition, Boise State University was named the winner of the Collegiate Wind Competition Technical Challenge 2015. Cal Maritime placed second. Pennsylvania State University, the winners of the Collegiate Wind Competition 2014, finished third and also won the siting challenge.
Since the Collegiate Wind Competition is intended to inspire and equip the next generation of wind professionals, the involvement of the wind industry is critical. The Energy Department is proud to have collaborated with Siemens Wind Power, Vaisala, Renewable Energy Systems - Americas, ReGenerate, Invenergy, KidWind, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to make the Collegiate Wind Competition 2015 Engineering Contest a success. The Energy Department’s Wind Program leads the nation's efforts to accelerate the deployment of wind power technologies through improved performance, lower costs, and reduced market barriers.