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Below are stories about research efforts featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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WETO announced funding for 15 small businesses working to accelerate wind energy Research and Development.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reviewed studies that focused on the technical evaluation of offshore wind energy transmission through potential points of interconnection along the coastlines of California, Oregon, and Washington.

A new study shows that both power generation and energy storage are seeking connection to the grid at high rates that only continue to grow, thanks in large part to a surge of interest in renewable energy.

Sandia National Laboratories released a report on its recent accomplishments in wind energy.

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory build an open-source model to predict the future cost of offshore wind energy.

Project analyzes the many benefits of distributed wind for communities across the United States.

WETO and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s floating scientific research buoy is stationed in Hawai'i to collect offshore wind resource, meteorological, and oceanographic data that can be used to compare wind model predictions with actual data.

WETO has published a West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Literature Review and Gaps Analysis to address challenges facing the interconnecting of large wind farms to coastal substations and transmission infrastructure.

What happens when a wind energy project reaches the end of its service? WETO's new guide provides a detailed explanation.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s analysis of the PJM Interconnection found substantial interconnection cost increases and tremendous growth of PJM’s interconnection project queue.