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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August 12, 2020
U.S. Distributed Wind Manufacturers Selected to Advance Wind Technologies and Grid Support Capabilities through DOE Competitiveness Improvement Project
8 new projects aim to drive down cost of distributed wind energy, improve grid support capabilities, and increase turbine certification testing
August 10, 2020
Celebrating American Wind Week: WETO Shows Wind Is the Answer
As we celebrate American Wind Week, let’s look at some of WETO’s most exciting wind energy research this year.
July 30, 2020
Wind Cybersecurity Roadmap Released
The Roadmap for Wind Cybersecurity outlines the increasing challenges of cyber threats to the wind industry.
June 9, 2020
EERE Success Story—Beyond Power, Wind Plants Can Provide a Full Suite of Essential Reliability Services to the Grid
Beyond Power, Wind Plants Can Provide a Full Suite of Essential Reliability Services to the Grid
March 27, 2020
California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Shows Wind Can Play a Major Role in Renewable Integration
Large utility-scale wind plants can provide essential reliability services to the electricity grid.
December 19, 2019
Addressing Wind Energy Innovation Challenges
Addressing Wind Energy Innovation Challenges
November 13, 2019
DOE Announces New Grid Modernization Lab Call Projects
In late 2019, DOE announced the results of the latest Grid Modernization Lab Call with funding of approximately $80 million over three years.
November 13, 2019
Modeling Modernity: Key Revisions to the IEEE Reliability Test System Proposed
GMLC project publishes updates to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Reliability Test System.
October 21, 2019
New Tool Keeps Wind Power On Course
System operators have a new tool for bringing intuition to the deluge of wind data—a visualizer for wind power forecasts called WindView.
September 30, 2019
Happy New (Fiscal) Year!
As we embark on a new fiscal year, we’d like to share some of our key accomplishments from Fiscal Year 2019.