Wind Energy Initiative
Completed Research Projects
Hexcrete Tower for Harvesting Wind Energy at Taller Hub Heights
Partners: Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology; BergerABAM, Inc.; Coreslab Structures (OMAHA), Inc.; Iowa Energy Center; Lafarge North America; National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Hexcrete Tower for Harvesting Wind Energy at Taller Hub Heights
Reduce blade manufacturing cost and increase reliability in automation of fabric layup
Partners: Sandia National Laboratory, TPI Composites, Inc.
Sample Projects:
Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation of Wind turbine blades
Fabric Manipulation and Automation for Wind Blade Manufacturing
Investigating Ply Orientation Uncertainty on Wind Turbine Blade Performance
Examining fiberglass blade during construction and operation
Partners: Heartland Energy Solutions (IA), University of Potsdam
Sample Project:
A Sensing Skin for Structural Health Monitoring of Blades
Model and measure turbine-crop and turbine-turbine interactions in an operating utility-scale wind farm
Partner: University of Colorado
Sample Projects:
A New Model for Wind Farm Layout Optimization with Landowner Decisions
Wind Farm Development: Findings on Compay-Landowner Interaction
Quantifications of the aerodynamics of a wind turbine in atmospheric boundary layer winds
Sponsors: National Science Foundation, IAWIND
Sample Project:
Constructing Low-Dimensional Stochastic Wind Models from Meteorology Data
Investigate wake interference of multiple wind turbines over complex terrains
Sponsors: National Science Foundation, IAWIND
Sample Project:
An Experimental Study of the Interferences of Multiple Wind Turbines Over Complex Terrain
Develop low-cost carbon fiber derived from biorenewable feedstock to be used in composites for turbine blades
Partners: Siemens Corporation, IAWIND
Sample Project:
Low Cost Biorenewable Carbon Fibers for Wind Turbine Blade Applications
Electromechanical energy conversion and grid integration: Electric machines, control, electricity markets, and transmission
Partners: MISO, NREL, MidAmerican Energy Company
Sample Projects:
Health Monitoring of Wind Energy Infrastructure Using Wireless Smart Sensors
Assessing Storage for Ancillary Service Provision Under High Penetration of Variable Generation
Designing High Capacity National Transmission Overlay and Assessing their Benefits under High Renewable Growth Scenario