In partnership with the US Department of Energy, national laboratories, and industry, please join Nick Johnson and a panel of researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to discuss new, innovative technologies that maximize the advantages of large-scale rotors and their potential for increased energy generation. This work as part of the Department of Energy's Big Adaptive Rotor project aims to create the next generation of land-based wind turbines with 206-meter rotors, which will increase capacity factors by 10% or more over a typical land-based turbine.
This webinar will address the challenges associated with increasing rotor size for onshore wind turbines, which has contributed to substantial reductions in the cost of wind energy, and will discuss the feasibility of these large rotors and the design, modeling, and controls advances needed to enable these technologies to further drive down wind energy costs. Speakers include Pietro Bortolotti, research engineer; Kelsey Shaler, research engineer; and Nikhar Abbas, PhD candidate.
For more information about the webinar, including how to register, contact Alex Lemke at [email protected]