DOE Science Showcase - Wind Power

Wind Powering America is a nationwide initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program designed to educate, engage, and enable critical stakeholders to make informed decisions about how wind energy contributes to the U.S. electricity supply.

Wind Power Research Results in DOE Databases

• IEA Wind Task 26: The Past and Future Cost of Wind Energy, Work Package 2, Energy Citations Database   
• NREL Triples Previous Estimates of U.S. Wind Power Potential, Energy Citations Database
• Dynamic Models for Wind Turbines and Wind Power Plants, DOE Information Bridge
• 2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit: Profiling General Compression: A River of Wind, ScienceCinema, multimedia
• Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) Data from the National Renewable Energy Library and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), DOE Data Explorer
• OUT Success Stories: Advanced Airfoils for Wind Turbines, DOE R&D Accomplishments

More information

• In the OSTI Collections: Wind Power
  • Testing and Data in General
  • Wind and Turbine Dynamics
  • Wind Stresses
  • Control, the Power Grid, and the Grid’s Economics
  • Environmental Effects
• Energy101: Wind Turbines Basics  YouTube
• Energy Department Announces $180 Million for Ambitious New Initiative to Deploy U.S. Offshore Wind Projects
• Blades of Glory: Wind Technology Bringing Us Closer To a Clean Energy Future, Niketa Kumar, DOE Office of Public Affairs
• National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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