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Propelling wind energy innovation

September 8, 2022 • [caption id="attachment_20521" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboartories’ Twistact technology proves beneficial in lowering costs, improving sustainability and reducing maintenance for next-generation direct-drive wind turbines. (Photo by Zhang Fengsheng…
Sandia’s Twistact technology proves beneficial in lowering costs, improving sustainability and reducing maintenance for next-generation direct-drive wind turbines.

Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines

August 16, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Brandon Ennis, Sandia National Laboratories’ offshore wind technical lead, had a radically new idea for offshore wind turbines: instead of a tall, unwieldy tower with blades at the top, he imagined a towerless turbine with blades pulled taut like a bow. This design would allow the massive...