Wind News

Over the past decade, the wind fleet’s average capacity factor has increased substantially. Researchers have been debating how much of the improvement should be credited to technology versus increasing wind speeds.

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office released the Solar Photovoltaics Supply Chain Review report, which explores the global solar photovoltaics supply chain and opportunities for developing U.S. solar manufacturing .

SETO awardee, Hyperlight Energy, to launch a new solar-thermal processing plant at a Saputo Cheese production facility in California.

WETO has released a Request for Information to gather information on research needs related to the effects of offshore wind development on communities, in the context of a national energy addition.

$5 million in funding available for photovoltaic and concentrating solar-thermal power research and development.

$25 million in funding available for concentrating solar-thermal power research and development.

This round will fund projects that facilitate ocean co-use, mitigate impacts to marine wildlife, enhance offshore wind power forecasting, and improve transmission system reliability and resilience.

The American Wind Wildlife Institute is now officially REWI, the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute, to reflect the expansion of their scope to include solar.

DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory have published a study as part of the MADE3D initiative, highlighting 3D printing of magnetic components for large electrical machines like wind turbines.