Wind as a Distributed Energy Resource

Program Document · Tue Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:1986503

Distributed wind can be installed in a wide range of locations and wind conditions, supporting millions of systems and thousands of gigawatts of power production capacity. As a result, utilities, communities, and nations are looking to distributed generation as an effective way to meet future energy needs. This fact sheet provides an overview of distributed wind, including where distributed wind projects can be located, and how U.S. and international research supports distributed wind applications. This fact sheet was produced as a resource for the International Energy Agency Task 41 members to use as an educational resource.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind Energy Technologies Office (EE-4W)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1986503
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-5000-85507; MainId:86280; UUID:c78e29b9-e917-417a-8140-7d03501d22aa; MainAdminID:69797
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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