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New Alstom Research Turbine to be dedicated at NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Alstom will formally dedicate a new 3 megawatt Alstom ECO 100 wind turbine at the National Wind Technology Center on Tuesday, April 26. The turbine is the centerpiece of what will be a significant government-industry wind energy research partnership between Alstom and NREL. Wind power has been the ...
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DOE Awards $28 Million for Wind Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects
Recently (10/22), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to receive a total of $28 million to advance wind energy nationwide. While utility-scale, land-based wind energy in the United States has grown to 96 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in the areas of offshore wind, distributed wind, and tall wind. The funding ...
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New European-African wind engineering initiative launched
Renewable energy scientists from Africa and Europe have agreed to set up an initiative to promote collaboration and joint research on wind energy. Supported by the International Association for Wind Engineering (IAWE), the Euro–African Wind Energy Association was launched in principle at a conference in Marrakech, Morocco, earlier this month (9–11 March). Claudio Borri, president ...
By SciDev.Net
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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 ...
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Wind Energy Post-Warranty Maintenance Market To See Tremendous Growth Through 2020, Despite Slowdown
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 14, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce two significant new reports in rapidly evolving Wind Energy Maintenance market: Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 GBI Research's new Wind Energy Maintenance Market research report offers in-depth analysis of the wind energy maintenance market forecast by region, segment, company type and by ...
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NREL employees recognized by industry peers
Trade media and industry groups recently have honored several employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for contributions to advancing renewable energy research and furthering their professions. DeBlasio Named to the “Fierce 15” FierceEnergy.com recently named NREL Chief Engineer for Renewable Electricity and End Use Applications Dick ...
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NREL, Clemson University Collaborate on Wind Energy Testing Facilities
Two of our nation's most advanced wind energy research and test facilities have joined forces to help the wind energy industry improve the performance of wind turbine drivetrains and better understand how the turbines can integrate more effectively with the electrical grid. Through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy ...
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Wind Surpasses Aerospace as Top User in an Advanced Composites Market Worth $26 Billion in 2020
Wind energy, powered by stringent renewable energy standards and larger installations offshore, will overtake aerospace as the largest user of advanced composite materials. The overall market for advanced composites – based on carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene – more than triples to $25.8 billion by 2020, according to a research report. The use ...
By Lux Research
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US Department of Energy celebrates new DOE 1.5 research wind turbine
Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have joined industry representatives and managers from DOE’s National Laboratories to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department’s wind energy research: a state-of-the-art wind turbine installed at DOE’s National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, near Boulder. The turbine, which is the first ...
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Wind Turbines Affect Behavior of Desert Tortoise Predators
How a wind energy facility is designed can influence the behavior of animal predators and their prey, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists placed motion-activated cameras facing the entrances of 46 active desert tortoise burrows in a wind energy facility near ...
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NREL Distributes Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project Round Four Funding
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is awarding four subcontracts under the fourth round of funding through DOE's Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP). The CIP aims to help manufacturers of small and mid-size wind turbines improve their turbine design and manufacturing processes while reducing costs and improving efficiency as they work ...
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New York task force recommends move to green power and green jobs
Increasing the renewable energy supply across New York to meet 25 percent of the state's electricity demand by 2013 - and fully funding the Renewable Portfolio Standard to make it happen - is just one of many recommendations offered Monday by a renewable energy task force chaired by Lieutenant Governor David Paterson. Developing new business incentives to attract renewable energy technology ...
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NREL`s Capabilities Boost a Wide Range of Innovative ARPA-E Research
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will play key roles in a variety of projects recently funded by the Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). NREL's innovative approaches have received five awards across three different ARPA-E programs for advancing transformational technologies to generate, store, and use energy more efficiently, at lower ...
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Infocast`s US-China Wind 2011
Infocast will hold their second annual US-China Wind Summit at the Marines' Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco, CA, December 13 - 15, 2011. This summit is perfectly timed as it coincides with a growing Chinese wind market as well as heightened US-China cooperation. This summit will provide you with insight into the legal and policy frameworks, business environment and assumptions, ...
By Infocast
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Largest wind R&D study underway at NREL
Strong winds are a common research partner for scientists working at NREL's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). Recently, those gusting Colorado winds helped usher in a new milestone for wind technology research and development. NREL and Siemens Power Generation 'flipped the switch' starting the blades on a Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbine installed as part of a cooperative research and ...
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Global Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) Composites Market 2013-2023
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) Composites Market 2013-2023 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01056689/Global-Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced-Plastics-CFRP-Composites-Market-2013-2023.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Plastic Report Details Visiongain's new report reveals ...
By ReportLinker
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Offshore Wind Energy Market Worth to Reach Reach USD 87.5 Billion by 2026
According to the Research Report, The global offshore wind energy market in 2019 was approximately USD 36.07 Billion. The market is expected to grow above a CAGR of 13.5% and is anticipated to reach over USD 87.5 Billion by 2026. Also called as offshore wind power, offshore wind energy is the renewable energy production from the wind farms constructed off the shore to harvest wind energy for ...
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GE 1.5-Megawatt wind turbine commissioned for DOE program designed to move US wind energy technology forward
As part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiative to drive new levels of performance in wind turbine technology, which will help ensure further U.S. wind industry growth, a GE (NYSE: GE) 1.5-megawatt wind turbine today was commissioned at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) in Boulder, Colo. Building off the experience of the country’s largest installed turbine base, the GE 1.5 ...
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Capacitors For Renewable Energy Systems: World Market Outlook: 2013-2018
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Capacitors For Renewable Energy Systems: World Market Outlook: 2013-2018 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01087479/Capacitors-For-Renewable-Energy-Systems-World-Market-Outlook-2013-2018.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy Details This new report from Paumanok ...
By ReportLinker
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Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 - Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Wind Energy Maintenance Market to 2020 - Growth Driven by Increasing Competition between OEMs and ISPs in the Post-Warranty Maintenance Segment ...
By ReportLinker
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