The innovative prototype wind technology blade was fabricated and assembled in the 10,000-square-foot CoMET facility.
Say hello to Daniel Laird, new director of NREL Wind Tech Center
Trained as a mechanical engineer, Laird began his career working with semiconductors.
NREL fills leadership role at wind technology center
Dr. Daniel Laird will join the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Oct. 12 as director of the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), the country’s premier wind energy technology research facility. Laird, who earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Madison-Wisconsin, is relocating from the Energy Department’s Sandia National Laboratories in…
NREL 5 MW dynamometer and test facility to improve wind turbines
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently took a giant step forward in the quest for more reliable, lower-cost wind power with the addition of the new 5-MW Dynamometer Test Facility at its National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). Premature failures of mechanical systems have had a significant impact on the cost of wind turbine…