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September 1, 2015Programmatic consideration of environmental impacts and mitigation is a pathway to streamlining NEPA review.Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
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July 2, 2015NREL's 91-Year-Old Palmer Carlin—a Wind Energy PioneerIntegrated Energy Systems Office
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DocumentJune 30, 2015This report describes the status of the U.S. distributed wind market in 2014; its trends, performance, market drivers and future outlook.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 19, 2015Wind power is a growing source of low-cost, renewable energy in the U.S. A new report shows how next-generation wind turbine technology can unlock ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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BulletinMay 18, 2015The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is leading a new International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Task to address concerns about the environmental effects of wind energy technology.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 18, 2015Researchers at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory are working with industry to model wind’s cooling effects on power transmission lines to dynamically couple transmission systems with concurrent cooling processes.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 18, 2015Flaws in wind turbine blades emanating from the manufacturing process are an important factor in blade reliability. To reduce uncertainty in the blade manufacturing process and improve their design and performance, SNL is working with industry to evalu...Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 18, 2015LLNL researchers studying how to reduce uncertainties and errors in wind forecasts and power predictions.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 18, 2015Although wind energy researchers cannot see the airflow around wind turbines, they know that wakes shed from upstream wind turbines lead to reduced...Integrated Energy Systems Office
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May 18, 2015DOE’s A2e initiative has identified the evolution of wakes in turbulent inflow as a key physical process affecting power production.Integrated Energy Systems Office