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Below are stories about funding featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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WETO announced funding for 6 small businesses working to accelerate wind energy Research and Development
$11.2 million program to pilot solutions for managing renewable energy and electric vehicle charging interconnection and energization queues.

WETO and the National Science Foundation Award Funding to Accelerate Floating Offshore Wind Research
Johns Hopkins University and Portland State University received funding from the National Science Foundation and WETO on a project that will help unlock the vast potential of floating offshore wind farms in the United States.
$10.6 million funding opportunity focused on addressing near-term challenges in U.S. Offshore Wind Sector to accelerate U.S. floating offshore wind.

The Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI) has published a comprehensive Request for Proposals (RFP) for research pathways across three application areas, including offshore wind energy.
Nearly $50 million funding available for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind.

Sandia National Laboratories will use funds for the SpinnerLidar project, an innovative tool that measures wind speed and direction with high accuracy.

The funds will be used advance floating offshore wind through port and vessel innovations, transmission technology, and uncrewed underwater vehicles for environmental monitoring.
$31 million funding to improve power systems simulation software tools and demonstrate new business models for operators managing electric grids with large amounts of solar and wind generation, energy storage, and other distributed energy resources.

Thanks to funding from the Wind Energy Technologies Office, the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Center’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) is testing next-generation wind turbine blades.