Below are stories about testing facilities, capabilities, and certification featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.

April 27, 2023

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Facilities Expand U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Testing Capabilities

Researchers at Lehigh University, Clemson University, and Oregon State University have developed hybrid testing capabilities to help advance the next generation of offshore wind systems using physical and virtual conditions.

January 23, 2023

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2022 Elevated Wind Energy to New Heights

Last year brought many advances in wind energy. Here are the most influential wind energy stories from 2022 from the Wind Energy Technologies Office.

November 22, 2022

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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.

May 16, 2022

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Wind Turbines Can Stabilize the Grid

First-ever demonstration shows wind can fulfill a wider role in future power systems.

December 13, 2021

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Celebrating Achievements and Looking Forward to a New Year

As 2021 draws to a close, the Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) is reflecting on our R&D, recent achievements, and recognitions, and getting ramped up for a new year of possibilities for wind energy.

October 13, 2021

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DOE Commissions Open-Source Wind Turbine for Wake Control Research

The National Rotor Testbed is an open platform for testing new wind turbine technologies and collaborating among national laboratories to validate advanced computational models for wind turbines. The platform now includes wake control research.

December 17, 2020

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Energy Department Announces New Projects for Offshore Wind Energy Technology Demonstration and Resource Characterization

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

May 20, 2019

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Wake Steering Performance Evaluated at Scale

Wake steering field trials reveal potential for wind-plant-level control to increase annual energy production 1%–2% and profits by $1 million.

May 20, 2019

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CFD Code Increases Accuracy of Turbine Wake Simulation

Accurate modeling of interactions between turbines, turbulence, and wakes indicates potential for lower wind plant costs and improved efficiency.

March 6, 2019

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CWC Wind Tunnel Engineered to Last

In 2018, a team at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory designed and built the CWC's second-generation wind tunnel.