This biannual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Research and Development (R&D) Newsletter provides recent news about the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's R&D projects, accomplishments, upcoming events, and recent publications.
Letter from the WETO Acting Director

Valerie Reed, WETO Acting Director
The U.S. wind industry is booming! As 2018 data continue to roll in, a few things are clear—wind is becoming more affordable, while industry growth is creating jobs and boosting rural economies, and offshore wind is scaling up. At the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), we're excited about trends that are crucial to our clean energy future. Read more.
Current R&D
DOE News
Events
U.S. Offshore Wind
June 10–11, 2019
Boston, Massachusetts
IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting
August 4–8, 2019
Atlanta, Georgia
North American Wind Energy Academy/WindTech 2019 Conference
October 14–16, 2019
Amherst, Massachusetts
AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition 2019
October 22–23, 2019
Boston, Massachusetts
ESIG 2019 Fall Technical Workshop
October 28–30, 2019
Charlotte, North Carolina
Composites World 2019 Carbon Fiber
November 19–21, 2019
Knoxville, Tennessee
AWEA Clean Energy Executive Summit 2019
November 19–21, 2019
Carlsbad, California
Funding News
Featured Publications
Visit DOE’s Wind Technology Resource Center for research reports, publications, data sets, and online tools developed by national laboratories and facilities.
- 2017 Wind Technologies Market Report
- 2017 Offshore Wind Technologies Market Update
- 2018 Distributed Wind Market Report Overview
- 2017 Distributed Wind Market Report
- Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project
- Workshop Report: Wind Innovations for Rural Economic Development (WIRED)
- R&D Pathways for Supersized Wind Turbine Blades
- WREN: Working Together To Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy
- National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium: Research and Development Roadmap
- Wind Vision Detailed Roadmap Actions 2017 Update
- An Introduction to Grid Services: Concepts, Technical Requirements, and Provision from Wind
- A Systematic Approach to Offshore Wind Turbine Jacket Pre-Design and Optimization: Geometry, Cost, and Surrogate Structural Code Check Models
- Design Studies for Deep-Water Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
- DOE Optimized Carbon Fiber Project
- U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office—Lasting Impressions
- Offshore Wind Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Energy
- IEA Wind TCP 2017 Annual Report
- Advancing the Growth of the U.S. Wind Industry: Federal Incentives, Funding, and Partnership Opportunities
- Wind Energy Facilities
- Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation
- Atmosphere to Electrons: Enabling the Wind Plant of Tomorrow
- Wind for Schools Fact Sheet
- Block Island and Beyond: Offshore Wind Energy in the United States
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Past Issues
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