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Below are stories about grid integration and transmission featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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Various energy industry stakeholders are calling for interconnection queue reform. While many projects that apply for interconnection are never built, data from these queues nonetheless provide a glimpse of the types of projects under development.
Distributed wind energy systems have unique characteristics, such as likely threats, geography, stakeholders, risk tolerance, and mitigations. A multilaboratory research team is using resilience metrics to evaluate the benefits of distributed wind.
A new report from DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory and its industry partner EnerNex details new approaches to help secure the nation’s grid against physical and cybersecurity threats.
A Lawrence Berkeley National Lab study assessed market value for solar and wind through 2019. The study, published in Joule, found that average market values for the technologies remained higher than their average generation costs.
Researchers in DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative recently released a report detailing challenges and research opportunities in wholesale electricity market design.
Interconnections Seam Study explores benefits and costs of enhanced transmission across U.S. electric grid.
NREL and six leading industry organizations have joined forces in developing a national Wind Cybersecurity Consortium. The consortium will improve U.S. wind fleet cybersecurity through collaborative analysis, development, and information sharing.
As we usher in 2021, we’d like to share some of 2020's top wind energy R&D achievements.
The plan outlines WETO's research priorities and plans through the year 2025.
DOE announced up to $45 million for research to advance solar hardware and systems integration, in addition to additional developments.