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Below are stories about education and outreach featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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Students from Puerto Rico managed to compete in 2018 CWC despite Hurricane Maria and returned in 2019 even stronger.

Recent graduate receives early job offer from Invenergy.

Collegiate Wind Competition participants from UW-Madison and James Madison University share their experiences volunteering with KidWind.

DOE announces the 12 teams competing in the competition, who will gain valuable real-world experience as they prepare to enter the workforce.

Announcement of the winners of the 2019 Collegiate Wind Competition Technical Challenge.

The competition includes two multi-faceted challenges: design, build, and test a wind turbine; and plan and financially analyze a wind plant.
This competition challenges interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate students to create unique solutions to complex wind energy projects.

In 2018, a team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory designed and built the CWC's second-generation wind tunnel.
NREL has issued a Request for Proposal for colleges and universities interested in participating in the DOE Collegiate Wind Competition 2020.

A study led by LBNL provides unprecedented insight into the attitudes of Americans who live near U.S. wind turbines.