Distributed Wind: Supporting the Clean Energy Transition

Abstract

Distributed wind technologies have advanced a great deal over the last decade, developing from a very selective market to one that is poised to play a significant role in supporting a clean energy transition. Summarizing technical and modeling advances, most of them supported by program efforts undertaken by the Wind Energy Technology Office of the U.S. Department of Energy, this presentation provides an overview of the current state of distributed wind technologies and how the technology could support the wider distributed energy development. The presentation also provides an short introduction to the challenges and ongoing research to address these challenges.