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National Wind Technology Center

The National Wind Technology Center, located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, is a world-class research facility managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power technologies that lower the cost of wind energy through research and development of state-of-the-art wind turbine designs.

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Wind Power Today and Tomorrow: an overview of the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
(PDF 4.7 MB)


Wind Energy Program Multi Year Technical Plan for 2004 - 2010 (PDF 2.5 MB)

Certification Process & Guidelines

Wind Resources in the Upper Midwest

Current Events

2004 DOE Wind Energy Awards
June 30, 2004
(PDF 356 KB)
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Community Wind Energy
Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 23 - 24

Lecture - Austin's Energy:
Power Can Be Clean and Renewable

by Mark Kapner, Senior
Strategy Planner, Austin Energy. This talk addresses renewable
energy topics well beyond
the city of Austin. February 13th, 7 p.m. CST

Events Calendar


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Current Events
Wind Turbine Smoke Test

How Do Wind Turbines Work?

Where Does the Wind Blow?

Listen to Wind Power in Colorado, a radio interview on KUNC

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