About WINDExchange
WINDExchange is the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Program's platform for disseminating credible information about wind energy. WINDExchange stakeholder engagement and outreach activities are focused on enabling well-informed decisions about the appropriate deployment of wind energy.
What We Do
WINDExchange provides information about wind energy that is fact-based, relevant, and actionable so that:
- Individuals and communities can make informed decisions about the benefits and impacts of wind energy
- Decision makers involved in wind energy planning and permitting are supported with current and credible information.
WINDExchange continues DOE's efforts to make high-quality information and outreach materials readily available, including:
- maps of wind resources and installed wind capacity
- a bimonthly e-newsletter
- webinars and podcasts
- publications such as economic impact studies and fact sheets
- educational programs
- OpenEI online resources such as the Small Wind Guidebook, Wind for Schools Portal, and Wind Working Group Toolkit.
In addition, WINDExchange aims to provide new tools, such as wiki-based resources, to help stakeholders better understand wind energy and exchange best practices. WINDExchange is still under development and suggestions about useful information are welcome.
Why It Matters
Increased use of the nation's abundant wind resources for electric power generation will help the United States reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, diversify the country's energy supply, provide cost‐competitive electricity, and reduce water usage for power generation. Electricity from wind energy will also stimulate and help revitalize the domestic economy by investing in infrastructure and creating long-term, skilled jobs.
In the past decade, wind has become one of the fastest growing sources of electricity generation in the United States. Wind turbine technologies and project costs have changed rapidly in recent years. Wind farm siting and technological improvements have reduced wind energy costs and impacts to neighbors and the environment. At the same time, the benefits of wind energy and diversity of possible applications have continued to increase. In light of the fact that wind energy is a relatively new and rapidly evolving technology, WINDEXchange is focused on disseminating applicable information from DOE Wind Program research to those who need it, cultivating networks of regional partners to help support the effective transfer of information, and receiving input about current wind energy deployment issues.
Who We Are
This page introduces the WINDExchange team and allows you to contact the Webmaster.