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Originally announced in April 2024 at the International Partnering Forum in New Orleans, the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Offshore Wind report outlines how the U.S. offshore wind industry can play a critical role in both near- and long-term decarbonization of the U.S. energy system.

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.

With support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is helping grid operators and equipment manufacturers successfully adapt to national energy addition using the Grid Impedance Scan Tool.

An Idaho National Laboratory report takes the first comprehensive look at cyberattack risks that could jeopardize U.S. wind energy systems and real-world events that have affected wind energy systems and organizations around the world.