A New Facility for Rapid Testing and Development By the end of FY12, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) will have completed the development of the Scaled WInd Farm Technology (SWIFT) Facility, hosted at Texas Tech University, to enable rapid, cost-efficient testing and development of transformative wind energy technology. SWIFT’s [...]
Overview Sandia National Laboratories Wind Energy Technologies Department, creates and evaluates innovative large blade concepts for horizontal axis wind turbines to promote designs that are more efficient aerodynamically, structurally, and economically. Recent work has focused on the development of a 100-meter blade for a 13.2 MW horizontal axis wind turbine, a blade which is significantly [...]
The Department of Energy (DOE) published a 2008 report describing a scenario in which wind energy provides 20% of the United States electricity production by the year 2030. In order for wind generated energy to reach high electrical market penetration, there must be confidence in fleet operating performance levels. These are judged both by energy [...]
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness. Below are news releases featuring the Wind Energy [...]