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Learn more about efforts to develop America's vast offshore wind resources.

Johns Hopkins University and Portland State University received funding from the National Science Foundation and WETO on a project that will help unlock the vast potential of floating offshore wind farms in the United States.

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI) has published a comprehensive Request for Proposals (RFP) for research pathways across three application areas, including offshore wind energy.

On June 20, 2024, experts from the U.S. Department of Treasury and U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar on the domestic content bonus provision in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The webinar provides stakeholders from...

According to the DOE’s most recent liftoff report regarding Offshore Wind deployment, the market currently finds itself at a critical inflection point. Offshore wind presents a very promising source of renewable energy for the country, especially in light of the urgency to restructure our energy portfolio to meet the 2050 net-zero emission targets. Investing in wind complements other clean sources of energy, supporting grid reliability and resource diversity, making this source a promising area of investment and a powerful resource to tap into for clean energy.

DOE is collaborating on an 18-month initiative to gather extensive weather, ocean, and wildlife data near the sites of active offshore wind farms and lease areas off the coast of the Northeast United States.

Maher supports WETO as an Offshore Wind Senior Technical Advisor.

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.

With three recently installed small wind turbines at the Flatirons Campus in Colorado, WETO is poised to take the next step in proving and improving the next generation of distributed wind technologies.