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The National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium has announced the availability of funding for additional offshore wind R&D topics.
Collegiate Wind Competition participants from UW-Madison and James Madison University share their experiences volunteering with KidWind.
WETO workshop attendees share information about needs, challenges, and experiences unique to distributed wind, especially in rural areas.
Letter from the Wind Energy Technologies Office Acting Director from the Spring 2019 newsletter.
Wake steering field trials reveal potential for wind-plant-level control to increase annual energy production 1%–2% and profits by $1 million.
Design, manufacturing, and transportation option assessments show how “supersized” blades could increase energy, affordability, and site viability.
An NREL study explores opportunities for increasing wind turbine hub height and the conditions and locations where these towers have the most impact.
Small, light, wide-range tags more effectively track behavior and flight patterns, safeguarding bats from potential encounters with wind turbines.
Accurate modeling of interactions between turbines, turbulence, and wakes indicates potential for lower wind plant costs and improved efficiency.