Articles about Offshore Wind Research and Development

Environmental research supports increasing understanding of offshore wind and evaluating impacts on wildlife in U.S. Atlantic waters.

As we usher in 2021, we’d like to share some of 2020's top wind energy R&D achievements.

The plan outlines the Office’s research priorities and plans through the year 2025.

Innovative projects support improving the ability to forecast wind power; demonstrating energy production technologies to reduce cost of offshore wind

Eligible small business can apply to receive up to $200,000 to test their innovative ideas over 12 months.

DOI Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and DOE have issued a FOA for up to $40 million for the OESI 2.0 to support various improvements.

This RFI is intended to inform WETO’s strategic planning on research aimed at lowering the cost of integrating offshore wind power into the grid.

EERE’s FY 2021 topics include a commercialization opportunity for a wind turbine blade design developed by Sandia National Laboratories.

Suite of open-source, HPC-powered physics codes allows engineers to do everything but collect their mail inside a virtual wind power plant.

New open-source tool helps stakeholders assess U.S. offshore wind power plant balance-of-system costs.

Testing validates system accuracy, provides comprehensive picture of bird and bat activity.

Diamond Offshore Wind, RWE Renewables join the University of Maine to lead development of Maine floating offshore wind demonstration project.

Applications are due October 19, 2020, for Round 3: Electrical Systems and Innovation; Technologies To Mitigate Use Conflicts.

As we celebrate American Wind Week, let’s look at some of WETO’s most exciting wind energy research this year.

Two wind energy projects selected among 49 new Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer projects across 23 states.

National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium announces the topics for its second solicitation of industry-prioritized R&D of U.S offshore wind.

Learn the basics of how wind turbines operate to produce power from a renewable resource—the wind.

National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium announces 12 new research projects, representing an investment of $17.3 million.

WETO is seeking input on high-priority environmental research needs regarding impact assessment, model validation, and monitoring and mitigation.

$1.3-million upgrade extends lidar reach and data recovery rate; provides more accessible information.

Multimegawatt reference turbine expands capabilities to assess technology for ever-larger and lower-cost designs.

Selected small businesses are receiving Phase I grants that demonstrate technical feasibility for innovations during the first phase of their research

Today, the Energy Department announced a $20 million investment in offshore wind energy resource characterization and technology demonstrations.

Maine Aqua Ventus I and Central Maine Power Company sign 20-year PPA allowing project to sell it's electricity to Central Maine Power utility.

Offshore wind representatives met this spring to discuss meteorology and oceanography research to support offshore wind projects in the U.S.