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A comprehensive, regularly updated data set of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics is now publicly available.

An experiment successfully demonstrated that the wake from an upwind turbine can be steered away from a downwind turbine by yawing the upwind turbine.
Article from the 2018 Spring issue of the Wind R&D newsletter.

Twelve talented teams from across the United States will put their wind turbines to the test at the 2018 Collegiate Wind Competition.

Collegiate Wind Competition helps undergraduates learn the real-world skills they need to grow America's energy economy.

Twelve talented teams from across the United States will put their wind turbines to the test at the 2018 Collegiate Wind Competition.

Collegiate Wind Competition students are implementing lessons learned from industry partnerships to hone their wind turbines.

On May 8, twelve collegiate wind teams from across the country will be gathering in Chicago to participate in the Collegiate Wind Competition.

The USGS and DOE released the United States Wind Turbine Database and Viewer to access this new public dataset.
Wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas announced a $35 million, five-year investment with Clemson University to test its new 9.5-MW gearbox.