Articles about Offshore Wind Research and Development

Wind Forecast Improvement Project will Monitor Weather, Ocean, and Wildlife Data Near Active and Proposed Offshore Wind Farms off the East Coast

This proposed funding opportunity aims to improve mooring technologies and methods, which are used to secure floating platforms to the sea floor, for both the U.S. and Denmark.

Learn about recent guidance from the Internal Revenue Service on the advanced manufacturing production credit, which includes a new section that that offers benefits for wind energy technology manufacturers.

WETO seeks to fund multiple projects for the development of offshore wind environmental monitoring technologies and energy storage systems that can be used to mitigate variability and uncertainties of wind.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service released new guidance on the funding Tax Credit, providing the private sector with additional clarity in making funding decisions for offshore wind energy projects.

Research from the BSEE- and DOE-funded institute advances worker safety and environmental sustainability of offshore energy resources

WETO is partnering with the National Science Foundation to fund research focused on fundamental fluid dynamics associated with wind energy.

The Renewable Energy Potential model can help identify optimal regions for wind plants based on factors like wind resources, land use, topography, and community preferences. It has revealed pathways to Puerto Rico’s renewable energy goals.

WETO is funding 18 projects at between $75,000 and 150,000 each in the topic areas of Data Synthesis/Artificial Intelligence; Novel Wind Energy Architectures, Approaches, and Components R&D, Systems Integration, and an open topic area.

Regional wind data from around the U.S. helps improve a national weather forecasting model, which allows utility companies to better plan for windy days.