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BP Wind Energy
BP Wind Energy is a large-scale wind farm operator, managing between 501 – 1,500 MW of installed capacity. BP Wind Energy also offers turbine siting and layout services. BP Wind Energy’s wind facilities are in the US and employ more than 100 people.
BP Wind Energy is interested in forming partnerships that promote awareness of and drive a culture of safety in the wind industry - via participation in the Workforce Committee. BP Wind Energy is also interested in forming partnerships with universities and manufacturers that can help solve industry challenges.
BP Wind Energy would like to work on projects that improve turbine output and reliability. Specifically, BP Wind Energy would like to address wind turbine gearbox failures (including design feedback), energy storage options, blade failures (including design feedback) and extending the life of turbines beyond the warranty period.
BP Wind Energy would like to pursue Federal funds for a wind technology research center at Corpus Christi (Naval Station Ingleside).
City of Ingleside Economic Development Department (EDC)
The City of Ingleside EDC very interested in locating R&D facilities, as well as wind providers to Ingleside, Texas. Specifically, they are focused on helping to facilitate a Coastal Institute for the study of wind and other alternative energy technologies. They believe they are the most logical coastal site for offshore studies.
The City of Ingleside EDC is open to all partnerships and opportunities for collaboration. We are interested in wind infrastructural components, transmission, and "the new generation" of blades, rotors and gears. We are also interested in training operators and mechanics.
Colorado State University
Physical assets available at this institution: Wind tunnels, remote sensing equipment, anemometers, geotechnical lab, materials lab
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Meteorology and wind forecasting |
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Wind tunnel studies |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Control algorithms |
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Composites development |
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Grid connectivity |
Florida State University
Physical assets available at this institution: 5 MW dynamometer 4.2 kV,450rpm, 5MW 4.2 kV converter with variable voltage and frequency output, Real-time digital power system simulator for hardware in the loop simulation.
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Power electric converters |
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Sensors and intelligent systems |
IUPUI
Physical assets available at this institution: High-Performance Computing facility; supercomputing capabilities for research.
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Software |
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Control algorithms |
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Electronic control devices |
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Power electric converters |
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Grid connectivity |
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Grid interface controls |
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Other: Energy Storage; Computer modeling and simulation; Fluid Dynamics |
Orbital Traction
Orbital Traction focuses on manufacturing and service related to gearboxes as well as sales and installation of distributed wind scale turbines Orbital Traction employees more than 100 people in the US, including design facilities, machine shop and metrology lab in Houston, Texas, and dynomometer and tribological testing facilities in Wisconsin.
Orbital Traction is interested in technology development, research and testing partnership. They are specifically interested in working on drivetrain technologies.
San Patricio Economic Development Corporation (EDC)
San Patricio EDC supports tax abatements for wind farms in San Patricio County, monitors the strength of its grid and assists local companies with local outreach plans.
San Patricio EDC’s focus is to learn the wind process in order to determine capacity and describe the way the farms function.
San Patricio EDC would like to continue to be updated on financial picture: how the subsidies work, what technical problems concern the industry and what the cost ratio is between this energy and other forms currently in use. San Patricio EDC supports further research for more efficient blades and turbines as well as government/industry sponsored research facilities to coordinate efforts.
Texas Tech University
Physical assets available at this institution: 67 acre field test site with 200 meter tower, radar profiler, two mobile doppler Ka band radar trucks, mobile instrumentation platforms, two large buildings, three wind tunnels, office and classroom space dedicated to wind, mesonet network of 60 stations throughout the Panhandle.
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Meteorology and wind forecasting |
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SODAR, LIDAR wind measurement |
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Doppler/Radar wind measurement |
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Wind tunnel studies |
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Other: Mobile instrumentation, Mesonet network |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Rotor structural development |
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Bearing, gearing, and generator technology |
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Drivetrain loads |
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Direct drive generators |
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Control algorithms |
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Power electric converters |
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Blade reliability and fatigue performance |
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Towers |
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Grid interface controls |
Texas Workforce Commission
The Texas Workforce Commission’s role in the wind industry is training, special projects funding and government policy. They are interested in workforce, training, siting, transmission and distribution and commercialization of new technologies. TWC has already provided grants to the Texas Wind Energy Institute and Texas Youth in Technology. TWC is interested in forming partnerships for policy and strategy, standards and a technology scan.
University of California - Berkeley
Physical assets available at this institution: Small-scale wind turbine testin in place; wind-integration with the grid via a dynamic model (SWITCH); Namo-technology for advanced blad research. Dynamical systems for single turbine and array management. Field studies of wind in China, Nicaragua, Chile, South Africa, and Mexico.
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Meteorology and wind forecasting |
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Wind tunnel studies |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Control algorithms |
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Power electric converters |
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Composites development |
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Grid connectivity |
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Grid interface controls |
University of Nebraska
Physical assets available at this institution: Steel and concrete structures strength testing, wind tunnel, electric machine testbed, microgrid testbed, power electronics design laboratory
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Meteorology and wind forecasting |
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Wind tunnel studies |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Rotor structural development |
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Bearing, gearing, and generator technology |
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Direct drive generators |
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Turbine component integration |
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Software |
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Control algorithms |
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Electronic control devices |
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Power electric converters |
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Sensors and intelligent systems |
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Composites development |
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Blade manufacturing and material development |
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Blade reliability and fatigue performance |
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Towers |
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Manufacturing process, material handling, and automation |
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Grid connectivity |
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Grid interface controls |
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Other: Energy Storage |
University of Texas
Physical assets available at this institution: Facility for design, fabrication, and/or testing MW level generators. Facilities for testing support structures, MW microgrid to validate integration modeling. Automated facilities for the design and fabrication of large composite structures. Testing large scale composite or metal support structures. Facilities to design and test MW power electronic components. Facilities to design, fabricate and test MW-level electricity storage systems.
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Current Programs |
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General Wind Technology |
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Small wind |
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Current Programs |
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Turbine, Grid & Installation Technology |
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Rotor structural development |
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Bearing, gearing, and generator technology |
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Drivetrain loads |
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Direct drive generators |
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Turbine component integration |
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Software |
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Control algorithms |
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Electronic control devices |
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Power electric converters |
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Sensors and intelligent systems |
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Composites development |
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Blade manufacturing and material development |
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Blade aerodynamics |
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Blade reliability and fatigue performance |
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Towers |
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Offshore turbine technology |
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Manufacturing process, material handling, and automation |
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Grid connectivity |
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Grid interface controls |
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Other: Rotordynamics and Storage | |
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