New Lab Report: How to Cut the Cost of Wind Energy in Half

Aug. 23, 2017

New energy science and technological breakthroughs could cut the cost of wind energy in half by 2030—making it fully competitive with the fuel cost of natural gas.

This new finding is outlined in a report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that examines the future of wind power plants—backed by the supercomputing power of the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories.