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New Study Examines the Impacts of Wind Turbines on Our Visual Landscape

November 29, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:37:36 +0000

Between 70% and 90% of Americans support using wind energy. One study that examined decades of national popular acceptance of wind energy makes that claim. However, local opposition to wind-generating projects can occasionally (or often) impede them, partly due to people’s perceptions of turbines once they are coming near. Over … [continued]

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US Grid Operators Kept the Lights on This Summer with More Solar, Storage, & Wind

November 28, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, demand response, electric reliability council of texas (ercot), Energy Storage, ercot, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, Solar energy, solar panels, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:21:14 +0000

The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and transmission lines — met this demand through hydropower and fossil fuel generation. What a shift this past summer … [continued]

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How Big Can Offshore Wind Turbines Go? 25 MW And More, That’s How Big

November 16, 2024 admin arpa-e, clean energy innovation, clean power, deb haaland, disruptive innovation, Energy, energy innovation, national renewable energy lab (nrel), nrel, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, renewable energy, research, SCIENCE, siemens gamesa, usa, wind energy, wind turbine blades, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:30:37 +0000

A new wave of supersized, morphing wind turbines will help cut costs for the US offshore wind industry, if it can survive the next four years.

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Mobile Homes & Municipalities Find Heat Pumps To Fit Their Needs

October 11, 2024 admin heat pumps, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:20:52 +0000

Whether it is a sweltering summer or a frigid winter, digging just a few feet into the earth provides relief from the temperatures above. That is because, on average, the ground temperature is warmer than the air during the winter and cooler in the summer. This relatively constant subsurface temperature … [continued]

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Behind the Blades: How Jeremy Stefek Delivers Wind Energy Workforce Solutions To Meet Growing Industry Needs

October 4, 2024 admin clean power, nrel, research, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 03:51:16 +0000

Workforce Development Researcher Leads Efforts To Illuminate Wind Energy Career Pathways and Foster a Skilled Wind Workforce Forget “brat summer.” Jeremy Stefek is ready for “demure fall.” “Maybe I’ll take a trip to the San Juan mountains, do some work during the day, take some evening hikes, and watch the … [continued]

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NREL Researchers Survey the State of Smart Charge Management Nationwide

October 4, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 02:17:32 +0000

Smart charge management—intelligently managing the flow of electricity that charges electric vehicles (EVs)—can have incredible benefits for drivers, utility companies, governments, and fleets. Yet smart charge management strategies have not been widely deployed nationwide. In response, two national laboratories, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory … [continued]

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NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

August 28, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, recycling, research, SCIENCE, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:10:22 +0000

Resin Made From Biomass Enables Chemical Recycling at End of Useful Lifespan Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old … [continued]

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Flipping the Script On Traditional Wind Turbine Technologies

August 6, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:25:12 +0000

NREL Wind Researchers Undertake Sweeping Validation Study of a Downwind Turbine Most wind turbines face the wind—and there is a good reason for that. Since the 1980s, wind turbine developers have been using what is called the “Danish concept” for their designs—three blades, positioned upwind (i.e., facing the wind), that … [continued]

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The Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy, But It Needs Some Help

July 31, 2024 admin clean power, florida state university, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, the ohio state university, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:23:33 +0000

New Testbed Could Advance Novel Grid Technologies To Build a Resilient Renewable Energy-Based Power System The grid needs to change. To electrify everything from vehicles to heating systems to stovetops, the U.S. grid must expand by about 57% and get more flexible, too. Solar and wind energy are the renewables most likely … [continued]

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Panels, Presentations, & Posters: NREL Plays Key Role at Premier Wind Energy Conference

July 31, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:14:57 +0000

NREL’s Wind Expertise Highlighted at Biannual TORQUE Conference In May 2024, amidst ancient marble statues and sweeping centuries-old frescoes, a group of researchers came together to talk about something decidedly more modern: wind energy technologies. The biannual TORQUE Conference, organized by the European Academy of Wind Energy and held this year … [continued]

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