Solar Blog

DOE just made the certification process for the commercial deployment of small- and medium-scale wind turbines more accessible by covering some of the cost.

DOE announced $30 million in funding to advance composite materials and additive manufacturing for large wind turbines, including for offshore wind energy systems.

WETO-funded research teams from three national laboratories are working proactively to strengthen security measures, policies, and information technology infrastructure.

Last year brought many advances in wind energy. Here are the most influential wind energy stories from 2022 from the Wind Energy Technologies Office.

The American WAKE experimeNt, an international, multi-institutional effort to gather the most comprehensive data-set to date on how individual wind turbines interact with one another and the atmosphere on a wind farm, is well underway.

REpowering Schools is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to offer seed-funding for wind energy projects.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory released a Notice of Intent to provide funds to address gaps in information on the real-world benefits and usage of grid-enhancing technologies.

The U.S. Departments of Energy, the Interior, Transportation, and Commerce will host the first-ever Floating Offshore Wind Shot Summit to discuss this ambitious initiative to reduce the cost of floating offshore wind energy.

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association developed programs to grow Wisconsin’s solar workforce capacity and replicated their successful programs in surrounding states.

Rounding out this year’s featured Renewable Energy Champions is earth scientist Mark Severy of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.