Land-Based Wind Research
NREL's land-based wind turbine research reduces industry costs through innovative technology development, performance and reliability improvements, and leading-edge manufacturing solutions.
NREL works with academia and industry partners to develop more cost-effective and grid-friendly wind power plants across the United States. Companies can take full advantage of our facilities, research and development capabilities, and world-class experts to get the support they need.
Our team of engineers and analysts also work with the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy on cutting-edge research projects that enable optimized wind plants, advanced manufacturing strategies, ultra-large rotor technologies, seamless interconnection, and much more.
Areas of Expertise
Meso- and micro-scale model development and validation
High-fidelity modeling of wind turbines and plants using high-performance computing
Rotor wake measurements and prediction for validation
Advanced flow control science for wind plants, including enabling autonomous wind plants through consensus control
Systems engineering and optimization of next-generation wind turbines and plants
National and international standards development
Advanced components, reliability, and manufacturing research
Wind turbine drivetrain reliability
Hybrid energy systems research and grid integration
Projects
Contacts
The leads for land-based wind energy research at NREL focus on a variety of areas pertinent to the evolving wind energy industry, including modeling and simulation, technology research validation and certification, and controls and reliability.
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