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Researchers in DOE’s Grid Modernization Initiative recently released a report detailing challenges and research opportunities in wholesale electricity market design.
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are seeking leadership to manage a new consortium launched through the $20 million Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Accelerator Program.
DOE announced $1.95 million in wind-energy-related projects for national labs and their research partners as part of more than $30 million in awards for 68 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund.
DOE has signed on to two interagency agreements to continue to collaborate on and reduce potential impacts from wind turbines on radar systems used for air traffic control, weather forecasting, homeland security, and national defense missions.
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recently selected four wind-energy-related projects for Small Business Innovation Research Phase I funding. The announcement is part of DOE-wide awards totaling $54 million.
Innovative technology mitigates the negative impacts of offshore wind energy development on this endangered species.
Interconnections Seam Study explores benefits and costs of enhanced transmission across U.S. electric grid.
Offshore wind turbines can interfere with radar systems used for air traffic control, weather forecasting, and homeland security. To understand potential impacts, the Wind Turbine Radar-Interference Mitigation Working Group hosted a series of webinars.
Natural Power has developed the first-ever smart curtailment technology that simultaneously reduces bat fatalities and energy losses at wind farms.
Wind repowering—the combined activity of dismantling or refurbishing existing wind turbines and commissioning new ones—plays an important role in the wind industry by modernizing the existing wind fleet and helping maximize wind energy use.