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The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office announced that it is supporting a $41 million national offshore wind R&D consortium to facilitate the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry through a number of initiatives, including: Wind plant technology advancement Wind resource and physical site characterization Installation, operations and maintenance, and supply chain…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to administer an $18.5 million offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium. The consortium is a cooperative innovation hub that will bring together industry, academia, government, and other stakeholders to advance offshore wind plant…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has announced a private-public partnership with the non-profit organization REpowering Schools to expand Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curricula and to help students explore a career in the renewable-energy workforce. Working through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), DOE initiated the Wind for Schools project in 2005 and currently supports…

As part of a $34 million announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will fund 87 new projects across 34 states, totaling nearly $13 million in funding. This…

The California State University Maritime Academy beat out 11 other teams to claim top honors at the Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition held at WINDPOWER 2018. This competition was created to provide undergraduates with real-world skills needed to enter tomorrow’s renewable energy workforce. Competitors were challenged with a number of tasks, including developing and delivering a business…

The U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) program, led by the The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced that the Texas A&M Energy Institute is joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy. Together, the aim is to support implementation of the C3E program to advance…

A recently completed wake-steering experiment at the Sandia National Laboratories Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility has successfully demonstrated that the wake from an upwind turbine can be steered away from a downwind turbine by yawing the upwind turbine. The results will enable the wind industry to evaluate the potential for yaw-based wake steering to improve…

A new study from the Department of Energy‘s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) finds that the “market value” of offshore wind — considering energy, capacity, and renewable energy certificates (RECs) — varies significantly along the U.S. East Coast and generally exceeds that of land-based wind in the region. The study, funded by the DOE’s Wind Energy…

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry is establishing a new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). According to the DOE release, $96 million in funding for the office was included in President Trump’s FY19 budget request to bolster the Energy Department’s efforts in cybersecurity and energy security. The CESER…

DOE provides the 132-page 2016 Renewable energy data book here: https://goo.gl/M91BHJ

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recently announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) will allocate $18.5 million in funding (the FOA or funding opportunity announcement) to develop an offshore wind research and development consortium.

The Energy Department recently announced up to $15 million for research projects on batteries and vehicle electrification technologies to enable extreme fast charging.

Hydrogen is an alternative fuel that has very high energy content by weight.

“A resilient, reliable, and secure power grid is essential to the nation’s security, economy, and the vital services that Americans depend on every day,” said Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.

Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funding is an investment in highly-innovative, highly-leveraged, and scalable projects that will provide real-world experience and generate knowledge and lessons learned to help improve our nation’s energy security.

With fuel cell electric vehicles coming to the market, many consumers think that a fuel cell is only used in cars. Think again.

With more than half of Utah’s land under the jurisdiction of federal land management agencies, federal agencies and state and county governments find RMPs indispensable in better planning.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced nearly $32 million in funding for small business-led projects to further develop clean energy technologies that have a strong potential for commercialization and job creation.

New research from Oregon State University (OSU) will aim to make eagles less likely to collide with wind-turbine blades. The U.S. Department of Energy Wind Technology Office has awarded Roberto Albertani of the OSU College of Engineering a 27-month, $625,000 grant to develop technology for detecting and deterring approaching eagles and for determining if a blade strike…