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465 025 003 by U.S. Department of Energy

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Sr. Project Leader opens the doors on the Flex manufactured battery enclosure, 1MW, 1 MWh rating, using lithium ion batteries from LG, at the Battery Energy Storage System, owned and operated by NREL for grid integration research at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC).

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465 024 003 by U.S. Department of Energy

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Sr. Project Leader opens the doors on the Flex manufactured battery enclosure, 1MW, 1 MWh rating, using lithium ion batteries from LG, at the Battery Energy Storage System, owned and operated by NREL for grid integration research at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC).

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The Ryan Company by Quanta Services

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Colebrook South Wind Project. BNE Energy, Owner and The Ryan Company, Contractor. Aerial View from Helicopter. 15 October 2015

The Ryan Company by Quanta Services

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Colebrook South Wind Project. BNE Energy, Owner and The Ryan Company, Contractor. Aerial View from Helicopter. 15 October 2015

Understanding the Physics Impacting Wind Plant Performance by U.S. Department of Energy

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As part of the Atmosphere to Electrons initiative, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) developed a 3-year collaborative research plan to develop and field test wind turbine controls. New control systems, such as the advanced feedforward control system that incorporates lidar and is currently under development at NREL, will help researchers improve simulations and increase the understanding of the physics impacting wind plant performance. The plan developed by the two laboratories identified collaborative field testing of wind plant controls at SNL's Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility.

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Solar Plant, Arizona by U.S. Department of Energy

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) broke ground on its first utility-scale solar plant, a 27.5-MW project on 300 acres in a Navajo community south of Monument Valley, Arizona. Photo from NTUA.

Banner Wind Project by U.S. Department of Energy

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Exploring New Ways to Collect Atmospheric Data by U.S. Department of Energy

In 2015, the DOE Wind Program assembled a team of that explored new ways of collecting data on atmospheric turbulence and winds at a higher time resolution than is currently considered by the wind energy industry. They also validated microwave radiometer measurements of temperature profiles against established standards. Comparing measurements from scanning lidars and radars to each other and to those on the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory 300-meter meteorological tower, the team assessed new sophisticated approaches for measuring winds and turbulence and quantified measurement uncertainty.

Energy Execs by NREL