Below are stories about distributed wind featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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October 13, 2021
Resilience Metrics Offer New Ways To Gauge Benefits of Distributed Wind
Distributed wind energy systems have unique characteristics, such as likely threats, geography, stakeholders, risk tolerance, and mitigations. A multilaboratory research team is using resilience metrics to evaluate the benefits of distributed wind.
September 30, 2021
Happy New (Fiscal) Year!
As we enter a new fiscal year, WETO is sharing some of the more notable wind energy research and development accomplishments from 2021.
August 30, 2021
Distributed Wind Market Report: 2021 Edition Released
The Distributed Wind Market Report: 2021 Edition provides stakeholders with statistics and analysis of the distributed wind market, along with insights into its trends and characteristics.
August 9, 2021
DOE Selects U.S. Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs for Wind Energy Innovations
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy recently selected six wind-energy-related projects for Small Business Innovation Research Phase II funding. The announcement is part of DOE-wide awards totaling $127 million.
June 15, 2021
EERE and DOE’s SBIR Program Select U.S. Small Businesses to Develop Wind Energy Innovations
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.
June 2, 2021
Competitiveness Improvement Project Awardee Fills Critical Gap for Distributed Wind Industry
Using funding from DOE’s Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP), Intergrid LLC has introduced the first inverter developed specifically for small- and medium-scale wind turbines.
April 12, 2021
Creating Opportunities for Cooperative Distributed Wind with Rural Utilities
Recently published resources from the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) illuminate how distributed wind projects can be used to benefit rural electric utilities and the communities they power.
February 10, 2021
New Distributed Wind Simulation Tool Accelerates Research from Lab to Field
Microgrids, Infrastructure Resilience, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL) project aims to effectively and affordably power homes and businesses.
February 4, 2021
Distributed Wind Research Program Workshop Report
WETO organized the Distributed Wind Research Program Workshop to bring together laboratory and industry project stakeholders to achieve key objectives.
January 20, 2021
U.S. Manufacturers Invited To Participate in Distributed Wind Technology Innovation
DOE and NREL have issued a request for proposals (RFP) and is accepting applications for the CIP for distributed wind.