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Below are stories about environmental impacts and siting featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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The wind energy workforce is made up of a wide range of people and skills. Learn about the career journey of PNNL lab program manager Alicia Mahon.
Learn how wind energy can provide health and environmental benefits that outweigh its costs.
In 2022 alone, wind and solar generation provided environmental and health benefits valued at 14.3¢/kWh and 10.0¢/kWh, respectively, and helped prevent 1,200 to 1,600 premature deaths in the United States.
The Wind Energy Technologies Office is exploring the relationship between wildlife and wind turbines.
A new Berkley Lab analysis finds that despite an expected future reduction in the number of turbines per power plant, the total estimated annual energy output of wind plants will increase due to larger, more powerful wind turbines.
WETO seeks to fund multiple projects for the development of offshore wind environmental monitoring technologies and energy storage systems that can be used to mitigate variability and uncertainties of wind.
Discover how wind energy can help power your community and local economy.
DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory published a study with new findings on the effects of wind energy development on home prices.
A multiyear project advanced understanding of environmental effects, identified existing information gaps, and described future environmental research efforts needed to responsibly develop offshore wind energy projects in U.S. waters.
DOE’s 2023 Critical Materials Assessment evaluates materials for their criticality to global renewable energy technology supply chains.