Wind News

DOE has issued a request for information on the technology needs and cost targets for renewable fuels produced using solar-thermal energy and thermal energy storage.

This edition’s Renewable Energy Champion is NREL’s Anthony Lopez, a geospatial data scientist and senior researcher who was recently named the Most Promising Scientist by Great Minds in STEM.

This multi-year program from DOE helps communities develop realistic roadmaps to achieve their renewable energy goals.

DOE announced $300 million for projects that increase energy affordability and promote environmental compatibility and $15 million for a prize competition to help rural communities build the capacity needed for energy development and deployment.

Far from being batty or bird-brained, this technology quantifies the flight activity of birds and bats at remote locations targeted for offshore wind farm development.

DOE’s Office of Electricity, WETO, and Solar Energy Technologies Office has issued a new funding opportunity to help accelerate grid-enhancing technologies that can facilitate renewable energy, like dynamic line rating and power flow controllers.

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute, funded by DOE and others, published a research road map for wind energy that identifies strategic targets and pathways based on needs and gaps.

The New York State Environmental Technical Working Group has created a database that compiles data gaps and research needs for the environmental effects of offshore wind energy development along the U.S. Atlantic Coast

WETO has put together an updated fact sheet that outlines federal incentives for developing and investing in wind power in an effort to move the U.S. wind energy industry forward.

The California Energy Commission announced it plans to join the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium as a state member.