About WINDExchange
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) WINDExchange platform provides easy-to-follow resources to help developers, communities, and individuals understand the benefits and impacts of wind energy, wind energy technology, and wind energy project development. We share the best available fact-based wind energy information, empowering U.S. communities to understand and participate in the wind energy siting, permitting, and installation processes.
What We Offer
Our resources include:
- Basics on wind energy and the three types: land-based, offshore, and distributed wind energy.
- Information about wind energy for all 50 states and U.S. territories.
- Maps of wind resources and installed wind capacity across the United States.
- Project development benefits and impacts, including economic and financial incentives, siting(/projects/site-selection), and regulation, such as ordinances.
- Guides, tools, and handbooks to help stakeholders assess available wind resources, evaluate turbine options, analyze electricity costs, and more.
- A quarterly newsletter sharing the latest wind energy news and events and updates to this website.
- Webinars available to the public on a variety of wind energy-related topics.
- Guidance and resources on education and workforce development for educators, students, and job seekers.
- Information on the community impacts and wildlife impacts of wind energy.
Who We Are
WINDExchange is managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and supported by experts from DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and national labs, including NREL, Sandia National Laboratories, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. These experts specialize in topics like utility-scale, distributed, and offshore wind energy; wind resource assessment; wind energy and wildlife; the wind energy industry workforce; and more, lending their knowledge and research to the development of WINDExchange’s resources.
Contact Us
If you have questions about wind energy that our existing resources couldn’t answer, please contact us by email.
For media requests, please email to contact the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy media relations.
Thank you for your interest in wind energy!