The Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) focuses on technological development to improve the reliability and affordability of wind energy and addressing barriers to wind energy deployment. WETO funds research and development activities through competitive solicitations.
WETO does not fund the purchase or installation of wind energy systems by individuals or companies. For information on federal grants and tax incentives for the purchase and operation of wind energy systems, please see the Related Opportunities page.
View closed opportunities on the Past Opportunities Web page. Although WETO attempts to maintain current information on these solicitations, the official source for funding information is EERE Exchange.
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Wind Energy Funding News
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U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Energy Technologies Office and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Announce $6.25 million for Aerodynamics Research on Large Wind Turbines -
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer competitively awarded grants to small businesses to support scientific excellence and technological innovation. -
Funding to collaboratives in Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Virginia will support planning and evaluation of large-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects. -
DOE's Office of Electricity and WETO plan to issue the REIMAGINE BREAKERS NOFO to support research and development related to high voltage direct current (HVDC) power circuit breakers. -
DOE invests $20M to help address technological and supply chain challenges limiting recycling of fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth element magnets in wind turbines and improve the sustainability of wind energy technologies. -
Fourteen projects will support durable and environmentally responsible U.S. offshore wind energy and marine energy deployments -
$16. 9 million funding available for offshore wind and marine energy research and development. -
DOE announces nearly $2 Million to support offshore workforce training programs to promote good-paying jobs in a fast-growing sector in communities across the country -
Six teams were selected for creating cost-effective recycling technologies that will increase the sustainability of U.S. wind energy systems. -
Six projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act will help improve planning, siting, and permitting for large-scale renewable energy and storage. DOE also launched a prize to advance the co-location of solar energy production and cattle grazing.