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Sandia National Laboratories to Study Wind Power
Official Press Release Sandia National Laboratories:
New tool at Sandia brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City - virtually
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a new tool that allows them to study wind power and see whether it can be efficiently used to provide power to people living in remote and rural places or even off the grid, through distributed energy.
A new, custom-built wind turbine emulator has been installed at Sandia’s Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory. The emulator, which mimics actual wind turbines at Sandia’s Scaled Wind Farm Technology Site near Lubbock Texas, will be used to study how wind farms behave under multiple weather... ... More: Official Press Release Sandia National Laboratories
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