Through the U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office-funded Distributed Wind Aeroelastic Modeling (dWAM) project, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Labs researchers have been working to provide the distributed wind energy industry with better tools to model, validate, and certify improved wind turbine designs. 

NREL and Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been working to advance aeroelastic modeling tools to serve the needs of the distributed wind industry. In this webinar, the research team will update the modeling community on new OpenFAST code for passive yaw archetypes, automated tools to help avoid harmful dynamics, new VAWT modeling code to help move turbines to certification, and guidance on setting up simulations to allow for reliable, competitive distributed wind turbines.

To learn more, DWEA members should register here to attend the dWAM Webinar: New Tools and Capabilities in Distributed Wind Aeroelastic Modeling on Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. ET.