Wind Energy Technologies Office 2021 Virtual Peer Review
August 2–5, 2021 | 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. ET
Plenary, Analysis and Modeling, and Program Overviews
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Opening Remarks | Director, Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), U.S. Department of Energy | Plenary | Mainstage | Marlay, Robert |
| 9:30 AM | 9:50 AM | Keynote Address | Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy | Plenary | Mainstage | Speakes-Backman, Kelly |
| 9:50 AM | 10:05 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 10:05 AM | 10:30 AM | Program Overview: Analysis and Modeling | Plenary | Plenary | Gilman, Patrick |
| 10:30 AM | 10:55 AM | Modeling and Analysis to Inform WETO R&D | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) |
| 10:55 AM | 11:20 AM | Distributed Wind R&D Analysis and Support | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) |
| 11:20 AM | 11:35 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:35 AM | 12:00 PM | Wind Plant Technology Characterization | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| 12:00 PM | 12:25 PM | Spatial Analysis for Wind Technology Development | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | NREL |
| 12:25 PM | 1:25 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:25 PM | 1:50 PM | Energy Sector Modeling and Impacts Analysis | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | NREL |
| 1:50 PM | 2:15 PM | Wind Analysis for Priority Needs | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | NREL |
| 2:15 PM | 2:40 PM | Performance, Risk, Uncertainty, and Finance: Wind Plant Performance Benchmarking | Plenary | Analysis and Modeling | NREL |
| 2:40 PM | 2:55 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 2:55 PM | 3:20 PM | Program Overview: Environmental, Siting, Workforce, and Grid (ESW&G) | Plenary | Plenary | Ahlgrimm, Jim |
| 3:20 PM | 3:45 PM | Program Overview: Technology, Research, Development, and Testing (Tech RD&T) | Plenary | Plenary | Derby, Michael |
| 3:45 PM | 4:00 PM | Break, 15 minutes |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:20 AM | Keynote Address | Chief Technology Officer, General Electric (GE) Renewable Energy | Plenary | Mainstage | Merfeld, Danielle |
Technology, Research, Development, and Testing
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Session Overview: Offshore Wind Energy Demonstrations | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind Demonstrations | McKenzie, Nate |
| 4:15 PM | 4:40 PM | Offshore Wind Demo | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind Demonstrations | University of Maine |
| 4:40 PM | 5:05 PM | Offshore Wind Demo | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind Demonstrations | LEEDCo |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:20 AM | 9:35 AM | Session Overview: Materials and Manufacturing | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Murray, Ben |
| 9:35 AM | 10:00 AM | Big Adaptive Rotor | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Multi (Sandia National Laboratories [SNL], LBNL, NREL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL]) |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 10:15 AM | 10:40 AM | Carbon Fiber Material Design for Targeted Performance Enhancement | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Multi (ORNL, SNL) |
| 10:40 AM | 11:05 AM | Fusion Joining of Thermoplastic Composites Using Energy Efficient Processes (TCF) | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | NREL |
| 11:05 AM | 11:20 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:20 AM | 11:45 AM | 3D Printed Core Structures for Wind Turbine Blades | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Multi (NREL, ORNL) |
| 11:45 AM | 12:10 PM | Additive Manufacturing in Wind Turbine Components and Tooling | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Multi (ORNL, NREL) |
| 12:10 PM | 1:10 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:10 PM | 1:35 PM | MADE3D (Manufacturing and Additive Design of an Electric Machine enabled by 3D printing) | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Multi (NREL, ORNL) |
| 1:35 PM | 1:50 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 1:50 PM | 2:15 PM | Wind Turbine Drivetrain Reliability | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | NREL |
| 2:15 PM | 2:40 PM | Wind Turbine Drivetrain Reliability: Advanced Materials | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) |
| 2:40 PM | 2:55 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 2:55 PM | 3:20 PM | Wind Turbine Drivetrain Reliability Assessment and Remaining Useful Life Prediction (TCF) | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | NREL |
| 3:20 PM | 3:45 PM | Wind Turbine Blade Durability and Damage Tolerance | Tech RD&T | Materials and Manufacturing | NREL |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Session Overview: Atmosphere to Electrons | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Hallissy, Ben |
| 9:15 AM | 9:40 AM | Data Archive and Portal | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | PNNL |
| 9:40 AM | 10:05 AM | Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP) II Extended Analysis | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (PNNL, ANL, Lawrence Livermore National Lab [LLNL], NREL) |
| 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 10:20 AM | 10:45 AM | Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling | Model Development & Validation | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (National Center for Atmospheric Research, PNNL, LLNL, NREL, Los Alamos National Laboratory [LANL]) |
| 10:45 AM | 11:10 AM | Energy Research and Forecast Modeling | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (LLNL, ANL, NREL, PNNL) |
| 11:10 AM | 11:25 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:25 AM | 11:50 AM | High-Fidelity Modeling | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (NREL, SNL) |
| 11:50 AM | 12:15 PM | Advanced Flow Control Science for Wind Plants | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | NREL |
| 12:15 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:15 PM | 1:40 PM | Systems Engineering and Optimization | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | NREL |
| 1:40 PM | 2:05 PM | Multi Physics Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | NREL |
| 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 2:20 PM | 2:45 PM | Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification of Wind Plant Models Project | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | SNL |
| 2:45 PM | 3:10 PM | Modeling and Validation for Offshore Wind | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | NREL |
| 3:10 PM | 3:35 PM | Aeroacoustic Assessment of Wind Plant Control | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | NREL |
| 3:35 PM | 3:50 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 3:50 PM | 4:15 PM | Rotor Wake Measurements and Predictions for Validation | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (NREL, SNL) |
| 4:15 PM | 4:40 PM | American Wake Experiment (AWAKEN) | Tech RD&T | Atmosphere to Electrons | Multi (NREL, LLNL, PNNL, SNL) |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Session Overview: Offshore Wind R&D | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | Nate McKenzie |
| 9:15 AM | 9:40 AM | National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
| 9:40 AM | 9:55 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 9:55 AM | 10:20 AM | Advanced Next Generation High Efficiency Lightweight Wind Turbine Generator | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | American Superconductor Corporation |
| 10:20 AM | 10:45 AM | High Efficiency Ultra-Light Superconducting Generator for Offshore Wind | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | GE |
| 10:45 AM | 11:10 AM | Model Test of an Innovative Offshore Floating Wind System (TCF) | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | NREL |
| 11:10 AM | 11:25 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:25 AM | 11:50 AM | U.S. Department of Energy Offshore Wind Lidar Buoy Deployments | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | PNNL |
| 11:50 AM | 12:15 PM | Lidar Buoy Science | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | PNNL |
| 12:15 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:15 PM | 1:40 PM | Offshore Wind Resource Sciences Work | Tech RD&T | Offshore Wind | Multi (PNNL, ANL, LLNL, NREL) |
| 1:40 PM | 1:55 PM | Session Overview: Distributed Wind R&D | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | Gilman, Patrick |
| 1:55 PM | 2:20 PM | Distributed Wind Research, Development, and Testing | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | NREL |
| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 2:35 PM | 3:00 PM | Tools Assessing Performance (TAP) | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | Multi (NREL, ANL, PNNL, LANL) |
| 3:00 PM | 3:25 PM | Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience and Advance Controls Launchpad (MIRACL) | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | Multi (NREL, INL, PNNL, SNL) |
| 3:25 PM | 3:40 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 3:40 PM | 4:05 PM | Defense and Disaster Deployable Wind (D3) | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | Multi (SNL, INL, NREL) |
| 4:05 PM | 4:30 PM | Distributed Wind Energy Strategic and Technical Engagement | Tech RD&T | Distributed Wind | NREL |
Environmental, Siting, Workforce, and Grid
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | 4:15 PM | Regulatory and Siting Session Overview | ESW&G | Regulatory and Siting | Gilman, Patrick |
| 4:15 PM | 4:40 PM | Siting: Radar Wind-Turbine Radar Cross Section (RCS) Mitigation | ESW&G | Regulatory and Siting | SNL |
| 4:40 PM | 5:05 PM | Siting: Radar Wind-Turbine RCS Mitigation | ESW&G | Regulatory and Siting | MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:20 AM | 9:40 AM | Community Impacts Research Strategy Overview | ESW&G | ESW&G | Yancey, Maggie |
| 9:40 AM | 9:55 AM | Session Overview: Grid Integration | ESW&G | Grid Integration | Fu, Jian |
| 9:55 AM | 10:20 AM | North American Renewable Integration Study | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 10:20 AM | 10:35 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 10:35 AM | 11:00 AM | Continental-Scale Transmission Modeling Methods for Grid Integration Analysis | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 11:00 AM | 11:25 AM | Enhancing Reliable and Accurate Weather Forecasts for Increased Grid Reliability for Wind with Dynamic Line Rating | ESW&G | Grid Integration | INL |
| 11:25 AM | 11:40 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:40 AM | 12:05 PM | Atmosphere to Electrons to Grid (A2e2G) | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 12:05 PM | 12:30 PM | Wind Power as Virtual Synchronous Generation (WindVSG) | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 12:30 PM | 1:30 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | Advanced Modeling, Dynamic Stability Analysis, and Mitigation of Control Interactions in Wind Power Plants | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 1:55 PM | 2:20 PM | Cybersecurity Roadmap for Wind | ESW&G | Grid Integration | Multi (INL, NREL, SNL) |
| 2:20 PM | 2:45 PM | Hardening Wind Energy Systems from Cyber Threats | ESW&G | Grid Integration | Multi (SNL, INL) |
| 2:45 PM | 3:00 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 3:00 PM | 3:25 PM | North American Energy Resiliency Model (NAERM) | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| 3:25 PM | 3:50 PM | Wind Grid Integration Stakeholder Engagement | ESW&G | Grid Integration | NREL |
| Start | End | Project Name | Track | Session | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Session Overview: Environmental Research | ESW&G | Environmental Research | Ahlgrimm, Jim |
| 9:15 AM | 9:40 AM | Wind Operational Issue Mitigation | ESW&G | Environmental Research | NREL |
| 9:40 AM | 10:05 AM | Wind Operational Issue Mitigation | ESW&G | Environmental Research | PNNL |
| 10:05 AM | 10:20 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 10:20 AM | 10:45 AM | Passive Ultrasonic Deterrents to Reduce Bat Mortality in Wind Farms | ESW&G | Environmental Research | Idaho State University |
| 10:45 AM | 11:10 AM | Bat Smart Curtailment: Efficacy and Operational Testing | ESW&G | Environmental Research | Natural Power Concepts |
| 11:10 AM | 11:25 AM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 11:25 AM | 11:50 AM | Advanced Collision Detection and Site Monitoring for Avian and Bat Species for Offshore Wind Energy | ESW&G | Environmental Research | Oklahoma State University |
| 11:50 AM | 12:15 PM | Coastal Acoustic Buoy for Offshore Wind | ESW&G | Environmental Research | SMRU Consulting |
| 12:15 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch, 1 hour | |||
| 1:15 PM | 1:30 PM | Session Overview: Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | ESW&G | Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | Yancey, Maggie |
| 1:30 PM | 1:55 PM | United States Wind Turbine Database and Location Impacts R&D | ESW&G | Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | LBNL |
| 1:55 PM | 2:20 PM | WINDExchange Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach | ESW&G | Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | NREL |
| 2:20 PM | 2:35 PM | Break, 15 minutes | |||
| 2:35 PM | 3:00 PM | Collegiate Wind Competition | ESW&G | Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | NREL |
| 3:00 PM | 3:25 PM | Wind for Schools | ESW&G | Stakeholder Engagement and Workforce | NREL |