Below are stories about next-generation technologies featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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November 22, 2022
Compact Wind Turbines Could Support Disaster Relief and Military Missions
This DOE-funded project analyzes how to build a wind turbine that could serve both military and humanitarian missions around the world.
November 21, 2022
Topics for Upcoming Small Business Funding Opportunity Have Been Released
WETO is supporting an open call and invites applications for technology innovations that address technology gaps for distributed, land-based, and offshore wind.
October 18, 2022
DOE Requests Information on Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring
DOE Requests Information on Floating Offshore Wind Energy Mooring and Anchoring
October 17, 2022
Carbon Rivers Makes Wind Turbine Blade Recycling and Upcycling a Reality With Support From DOE
Company Commercializes the Only Currently-Available Technology that can Recycle Fiberglass From Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades
October 17, 2022
DOE Launches New Initiative To Improve Clean Energy Interconnection
The Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X) is designed to help clean energy resources connect to the grid, which will improve overall grid reliability, market competition, transmission, and distribution access.
October 17, 2022
Researchers Study Concrete as an Alternative to Steel for Wind Turbine Foundations and Towers
The use of concrete support structures for offshore wind turbines offers many potential advantages over towers comprised of only steel, including greater durability, a longer lifespan, increased local labor opportunities, and much quieter installations.
September 15, 2022
DOE Launches Floating Offshore Wind Farm Design Project
By developing a design toolset and reference designs for large-scale U.S. floating offshore wind farms, the Floating Offshore Wind Array Design project will inform design decisions and help ensure cost-efficient and responsible deployment.
August 24, 2022
New Tool Documents Available Technologies for Monitoring and Mitigating Effects of Wind Development
Working Together to Resolve Environmental Effects of Wind Energy (WREN) was established with a primary objective to facilitate international collaboration and advance global understanding of potential environmental effects of wind energy.
June 23, 2022
New Study Explores 3D Printing of Permanent Magnets for Wind Turbines
DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory published a study that highlights the additive manufacturing (3D printing) of permanent magnets for large electrical machines. Additive manufacturing could be an attractive method for manufacturing permanent magnets.
May 31, 2022
Experts Forecast the Wind Plant of the Future to Be Taller and More Economical
Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory predict that, by 2035, wind plant designs will embrace towers even taller than previously thought.