Did You See the Summer 2024 Newsletter?

Sept. 5, 2024

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The WINDExchange Newsletter is a quarterly publication highlighting recent wind energy news, events, publications, and other related activities from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) and national laboratories.

In the summer 2024 newsletter, our 230th, we shared new equity and workforce resources, recent news highlights, and upcoming events.

Read the full issue to get details on:

  1. Community Input Helps Define Wind Energy Equity
  2. New Wind Energy Equity Webpage
  3. Map Shows Wind Energy Equity Across the United States
  4. Support for the Wind Energy Industry
  5. Missed our Webinar? Watch a Recording To Learn What Happens at a Wind Farm’s End of Life
  6. Catch up on other relevant news from WETO and national labs, including:
    • Funding: $10.6 million for floating offshore wind innovations, $50 million for offshore wind national and regional research and development, and more
    • Basics: How Do Wind Turbines Survive Severe Weather and Storms?
    • Basics: Energía Eólica en Latinoamérica (Wind Energy in Latin America)
    • Reports & Facts: 2024 Editions of the Wind Energy Market Reports and articles containing facts about wind energy.
    • Research: West Coast Seabird Study Shows How They Might One Day Share the Air with Wind Turbines
    • Research: Cutting Edge Radar System Will Collect Bird and Bat Data in Offshore Environments
    • Selections: KidWind Art Contest Winners Announced
    • Selections: Twelve American Companies Will Help Expand Distributed Wind Across the Rural United States
    • Selections: Small-Scale Distributed Wind Projects Could Leave a Large Impact
    • Selections: WETO Selects Four Small Businesses To Revolutionize Wind Energy Innovations
    • News: All WETO news
  7. Upcoming Events
    • (WINDExchange Webinar) Driving Investment in Wind Energy: An Introduction to Incentives and the Inflation Reduction Act (Sept. 10, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. MT, Online)
    • Wind Works Forum (Sept. 23–26, 2024, Online)
    • American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit (Sept. 24, 2024, 8 a.m. ET–Sept. 25, 2024, 5 p.m. ET, Portland, Maine)
    • Using eDNA for Wind Energy and Wildlife Studies (Oct. 17, 2024, 10–11 a.m. ET, Online)
    • NAWEA/WindTech 2024 Conference (Oct. 28–Nov. 2, 2024, New Brunswick, New Jersey)

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