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Applications are now open for recent graduates and energy professionals to apply to DOE’s new Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship.
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Researchers from NREL explore challenges related to the expansion of wind power as the United States works to meet decarbonization goals.
Twelve competing teams and four learn-along teams of college students from across the United States are gearing up to present their wind energy achievements at the 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition.
Applications for the 2023 CWC must be submitted by June 20, 2022.
After 53 years serving in the federal government, the Wind Energy Technologies Office Director Robert C. Marlay retired on March 3, 2022.
NREL report outlines supply chain needs required to reach the United States’ national offshore wind goal of 30 GW by 2030.
A new Competitiveness Improvement Project request for proposals invites respondents to help address cost barriers to rapid deployment of improved distributed wind technology. Applications will be accepted through April 1, 2022.
The Numerical Manufacturing and Design tool and FLOw Redirection and Induction in Steady State version 3.0 have received important upgrades.
Over the past decade, the wind fleet’s average capacity factor has increased substantially. Researchers have been debating how much of the improvement should be credited to technology versus increasing wind speeds.