Events

Wind turbines used as distributed energy resources—also called distributed wind—produce electricity that is consumed on-site or locally, as opposed to large, centralized wind farms that generate bulk electricity for distant end users. Each year, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) launches a search for the best distributed wind energy photos across the United States and its territories, offering cash payments for the top contributors. During the month of May 2024, PNNL is accepting photo submissions in five different categories. In each category, the top photo contribution will receive $500 and the runner-up will receive $100. Learn more about how to submit your photos to this year’s search. The annual search aids PNNL’s efforts to highlight distributed wind technologies and the customers they serve. Selected photos are used in multiple ways, including in PNNL and U.S. Department of Energy reports, outreach efforts, webpages, presentations, newsletters (like this one!) and other engagement opportunities.

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The American Clean Power Association’s annual conference will feature panels, presentations, workshops, and poster sessions on the renewable energy industry, including land-based wind energy, offshore wind energy, distributed wind energy, solar power, energy storage, and transmission.

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Join WETO at the DOE Collegiate Wind Competition 2024 final event, which will be held in conjunction with the American Clean Power Association’s CLEANPOWER Conference and Exhibition. Teams of college students will test their wind turbine prototypes, present their wind turbine designs, wind energy project development plans, and outreach efforts to panels of experts.

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Join the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office at the 2024 Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition for an industrywide discussion on offshore wind energy.

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