Below are stories about grid integration and transmission featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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July 25, 2022
Modeling Exactly Where Distributed Energy Resources Could Provide the Most Value to the Grid
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has made a big leap forward by adding new data and capabilities to the Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen) model.
July 22, 2022
New Video Explains How Having More than Enough Renewable Energy Capacity Can Make the Grid More Flexible
In a new explainer video, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) calls for a shift in mindset on curtailment, as the curtailment of wind and solar can be used to help make the grid more flexible and reliable.
June 23, 2022
Simulating the Role of Grid-Forming Inverters in the Future Electric Grid
PNNL researchers developed a new computer model of a device that acts like a translator, enabling renewable power sources like wind and solar to provide electricity to the grid while increasing system resiliency and stability.
June 23, 2022
Happy Belated Global Wind Day!
Global Wind Day was on “Winds-day,” June 15. Meet some of the “Wizards of Wind Energy” from DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) who make the magic happen in several areas.
June 1, 2022
DOE Launches Partnership to Improve Clean Energy Interconnection to the Electricity Grid
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy launched the Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X), a new program that develops innovative solutions to enable faster, simpler, and fairer interconnection of solar energy, wind energy, and energy storage.
May 31, 2022
Distributed Wind Potential, Atmospheric Phenomena, Grid Stabilization and Much More in the Spring 2022 Wind R&D Newsletter
Read the most recent issue of the Wind R&D Newsletter.
May 31, 2022
WETO Awards Nearly $1.4 Million to Support American Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Small businesses play a major role in spurring innovation and creating jobs in the U.S. economy, and the SBIR and STTR programs have helped thousands of American small businesses.
May 16, 2022
Wind Turbines Can Stabilize the Grid
First-ever demonstration shows wind can fulfill a wider role in future power systems.
