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Last year brought many advances in wind energy. Here are the most influential wind energy stories from 2022 from the Wind Energy Technologies Office.
January 23, 2023
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The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium released a report identifying how the United States can develop a robust and equitable domestic supply chain required to achieve the national offshore wind target of 30 gigawatts by 2030.
January 23, 2023
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The American WAKE experimeNt, an international, multi-institutional effort to gather the most comprehensive data-set to date on how individual wind turbines interact with one another and the atmosphere on a wind farm, is well underway.
January 22, 2023
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REpowering Schools is partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to offer seed-funding for wind energy projects.
January 22, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory released a Notice of Intent to provide funds to address gaps in information on the real-world benefits and usage of grid-enhancing technologies.
January 22, 2023
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The U.S. Departments of Energy, the Interior, Transportation, and Commerce will host the first-ever Floating Offshore Wind Shot Summit to discuss this ambitious initiative to reduce the cost of floating offshore wind energy.
January 22, 2023
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NREL plans to award $2.9 million to 11 manufacturers of small- and medium-scale wind turbines
December 15, 2022
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Rounding out this year’s featured Clean Energy Champions is earth scientist Mark Severy of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
December 14, 2022
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DOE announced twenty-four incubators and accelerators across the country that were each awarded $50,000 in the American-Made Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 2.
December 14, 2022
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The first-ever prize from WETO, the FLOWIN Prize will help pave the way for the cost-effective domestic manufacture and deployment of commercial utility-scale floating offshore wind energy turbines in U.S. waters.
December 14, 2022
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Events
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Floating Offshore Wind Shot™ Summit
Feb 22 to Feb 23
Feb
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Distributed Wind 2023
Feb 27 to Mar 1
Feb
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Northwest Offshore Wind Conference
Feb 28 to Mar 1
Mar
22
ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
Mar 22 to Mar 24
Catch the Wind: 📢 New Road Map Charts Path for Domestic Offshore Wind Supply Chain
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Publications
First-of-its-kind study that examines future U.S. offshore wind workforce growth and identifies future workforce development needs.
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White House launches floating offshore wind initiatives to deploy 15 GW, power 5 million homes, and lower costs 70% by 2035.
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Learn more about how the Floating Offshore Wind Shot plans to drive down costs and address key challenges.
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Driven by falling offshore wind prices, federal action, & state-level commitments, the U.S. offshore wind pipeline grew 13% over the previous year, with 40,083 MW now in various stages of development. Download the Offshore Wind Market Report: 2022 Edition
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The U.S. wind industry installed 13,413 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity in 2021, bringing the cumulative total to 135,886 MW. Download the Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2022 Edition.
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The U.S. distributed wind sector added 11.7 MW of new distributed wind energy capacity with 1,751 new wind turbines installed across 15 states. Download the Distributed Wind Market Report: 2022 Edition.
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Governors, labor leaders, and private companies convene to boost offshore wind supply chains, lower energy costs, and support manufacturing jobs.
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A new study indicates that nearly 1,400 gigawatts of distributed wind capacity could be profitably deployed today across the United States.
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In February 2022, DOE released a series of 13 reports on American manufacturing supply chains, reviewing both the obstacles to a reliable supply of key materials and opportunities for improvement.
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Report details regional and national strategies to support the Administration’s goals for offshore wind deployment.
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The North American Renewable Integration Study (NARIS) assesses opportunities to modernize and decarbonize the North American power system through the integrated planning and operation of generation and transmission infrastructures to meet end-use demand.
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White House Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Jumpstarts Offshore Wind Energy Projects to Create Jobs
Interior, Energy, Commerce, & Transportation Departments Announce New Leasing, Funding, & Development Goals to Accelerate Offshore Wind Energy & Jobs.
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The plan outlines the Office's research priorities and plans through the year 2025
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Continued growth in the U.S. wind industry requires trained and qualified workers to manufacture, construct, operate, and maintain wind turbines.
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This report explains how new energy science and technological breakthroughs could cut the cost of wind energy in half by 2030.
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Tracking progress and updates in the Wind Vision Roadmap.
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