The WTTC opened in 2011 and has since evolved to test longer wind turbine blades (Credit: DOE) When WTTC opened in 2011, it tested land-based wind turbine blades that typically spanned around 50 ...

The Savannah River National Laboratory – or SRNL – is now a part of Clemson University's new Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility and Electrical Grid Laboratory. This public-private collaboration ...

Clemson University’s $98 million wind turbine testing facility on the former Navy Base in North Charleston marked a milestone today as the machinery that will stress-test the world’s largest wind ...

When comparing the efficiency of different wind turbine blade designs, [AdamEnt] found using a hair dryer wasn’t the best tool for the job. Enter his new 3D-printed wind tunnel. After several ...

A new system using hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of embedded-control software releases keeps turbines up on the farm For its wind turbine control systems, Siemens’ engineers faced the challenge ...

The NREL Controllable Grid Interface Project is the first test facility in the U.S. with fault-simulation capabilities. It is also the only system in the world fully integrated with two dynamometers ...

T-Omega's pyramid-based floating wind turbines are designed with the sole common-sense focus of keeping the cost of offshore wind down to an absolute minimum. With wave tank testing done, the company ...

New research and testing at the National Renewable Energy Lab outside of Boulder, with the help of CU Engineering, could transform the way wind turbines are created and used around the world - ...

Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Wednesday that its two turbine, 12-megawatt, $300 million Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project, located 27 miles off the Virginia Beach ...

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Wyoming's incessant gales have attracted the first commercial wind turbine-testing facility in the United States. With a matching state grant, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. will ...