Below are stories about research efforts featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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May 8, 2018
Massive U.S. Wind Turbine Data Set Released for Public Use
A comprehensive, regularly updated data set of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics is now publicly available.
October 18, 2017
NREL Paves the Way for Floating Offshore Wind Semisubmersible Model Validation
NREL researchers have been leading an international effort to validate offshore wind models.
August 23, 2017
New Lab Report: How to Cut the Cost of Wind Energy in Half
New breakthroughs could cut the cost of wind energy in half by 2030—making it fully competitive with the fuel cost of natural gas.
March 14, 2017
Milestones on the Road to the Wind Vision
The Department of Energy’s Wind Vision report assesses the potential economic and social benefits of a study scenario where U.S. wind power supplies 10% of the nation’s electrical demand by 2020, 20% by 2030, and 35% by 2050. It also outlines a roa...
January 9, 2017
Report Shows New Transmission Can Help Wind Energy Supply a Third of U.S. Electricity
The Energy Department today released a report which confirms that adding even limited electricity transmission can significantly reduce the costs of expanding wind energy to supply 35% of U.S. electricity by 2050. The report, titled Reducing Wind Curta...
November 21, 2016
New Report Shows Potential Growth of Distributed Wind Energy for On-Site Power
The Energy Department today released a first-of-its-kind assessment of the potential future growth of distributed wind energy in the United States through 2050. Distributed wind differs from utility-scale wind in that it is installed at or near the poi...
September 1, 2016
Supercomputing Model Provides Insights from Higher Wind and Solar Generation in the Eastern Power Grid
A new study from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative...
May 11, 2016
Simulation Toolkit Promises Better Wind Predictions, Increased Farm Production
A multiscale atmosphere/wind farm simulation toolkit incorporates the full spectrum of weather, environmental, and turbine impacts.
May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016
Sandia National Laboratories Hits Milestone, Gears Up for 2016 Research
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) recently reached a major milestone by successfully remounting a rotor on one of its heavily modified Vestas V27...