News Archives - 2006
December 14, 2006
NREL and Xcel Energy Dedicate Wind-Powered Hydrogen Generator 
DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Xcel Energy dedicated a new system to convert wind power into hydrogen on December 14th. The system, located at NREL's National Wind Technology Center, links two wind turbines to devices called electrolyzers, which pass the electricity through water to split the liquid into hydrogen and oxygen.
December 14, 2006
Experimental "Wind to Hydrogen" System Up and Running
Xcel Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory unveiled a unique facility that uses electricity from wind turbines to produce and store pure hydrogen.
November 7, 2006
Southwest Windpower Receives Best of What's New Award
Southwest Windpower recently received a 2006 Best of What's New Award from Popular Science for its newest product, the Skystream 3.7 wind generator. The Skystream was developed in collaboration with DOE/NREL and is designed to be a quiet and affordable way to protect homeowners from rising electricity costs.
November 2, 2006
DOE Research Project Yields New Low-Speed Wind Turbine Blade
Knight & Carver has produced the first in a series of wind turbine blades that, according to the company, "ranks among the industry's most innovative advances in wind energy production." The 90-foot "STAR" blade is curved to relieve pressure on both the blade and the turbine, and features a gently curving tip to capture low-speed winds.
September 15, 2006
NREL Supplies WAPA with Wind Farm Training Simulator
To enable WAPA to integrate wind energy into its training program, NREL supplied WAPA with a wind farm simulator that successfully simulated power delivery to the MPS grid from a time-series file of real wind farm data.
September 8, 2006
Deadline Extended for Blade Test Facility CRADA Applicants
In response to requests by potential applicants for an NREL Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for a new blade test facility, the proposal application deadline has been extended until November 10, 2006.
July 1, 2006
NREL Completes Highly Successful Partnership with NPS
NREL completed a subcontract with Northern Power Systems entitled, "Advanced Power Electronics for Low Wind Speed Turbine Applications." This represents a highly successful partnership meeting all of the objectives of a Low Wind Speed Technology Project.
