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Laufer Wind Group NWTC Structure Lighting Tests; NREL Tracking No. 13-014 Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308 CX(s) Applied: A9, B1.31, B5.15, B3.3

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October 21, 2014
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Laufer Wind Group NWTC Structure Lighting Tests; NREL Tracking No. 13-014
Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: A9, B1.31, B5.15, B3.3 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Date:  10/21/2014
Location(s): Colorado
Office(s): Golden Field Office

NREL is working with the Laufer Wind Group (Laufer), to perform prototype testing of a proposed radar-activated lighting system at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), located southeast of the intersection of Colorado Highway (CO) 93 and CO-128, in Jefferson County, Colorado. The NWTC is a federally-owned facility that consists of 305 acres and is primarily used for wind energy research, development, and testing.