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The annual photo search aids the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's efforts to highlight distributed wind technologies and the customers they serve.
Sandia National Laboratories will use funds for the SpinnerLidar project, an innovative tool that measures wind speed and direction with high accuracy.
The funds will be used advance floating offshore wind through port and vessel innovations, transmission technology, and uncrewed underwater vehicles for environmental monitoring.
WETO hopes you have a particularly breezy weekend, as June 15 is Global Wind Day! This time of year is always a good reminder to acknowledge and celebrate the progress that has been made in the wind industry.
The American-Made Solar Prize Round 8 is a $4 million competition designed to support U.S. solar manufacturing and address challenges to rapid, equitable solar energy deployment by incentivizing hardware and software development.
This innovative system collects behavioral data for birds and bats in the vicinity of wind turbines to help the wind industry meet monitoring requirements for development of proposed wind farm sites.
In 2022 alone, wind and solar generation provided environmental and health benefits valued at 14.3¢/kWh and 10.0¢/kWh, respectively, and helped prevent 1,200 to 1,600 premature deaths in the United States.
Catch up with Wind Energy Technologies Office Director Eric Lantz as he reflects on office milestones over the past seven months.
The Wind Energy Technologies Office is exploring the relationship between wildlife and wind turbines.
Thanks to funding from the Wind Energy Technologies Office, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Center’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) is testing next-generation wind turbine blades.