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Below are stories about siting featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office.
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An NREL study explores opportunities for increasing wind turbine hub height and the conditions and locations where these towers have the most impact.
To improve wind forecast accuracy, WETO funded the second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2).
A comprehensive, regularly updated data set of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics is now publicly available.
The USGS and DOE released the United States Wind Turbine Database and Viewer to access this new public dataset.
Offshore wind turbines on the Atlantic coast (as well as the Gulf Mexico) have several challenges to contend with—including hurricanes.
This blog is part of a series that explores offshore wind technical challenges that are different in the U.S. than in other countries.
This blog is part of a series that explores offshore wind technical challenges that are different in the United States than in other countries.
When planning offshore wind projects, collecting data on the abundance of birds and bats informs project siting.
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...
Building energy infrastructure that keeps wildlife safe is a key concern at the U.S. Department of Energy, which is why we have funded six teams to improve technologies that will protect eagles sharing airspace with wind turbines.