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Bridgette Meinhold
R&D Funding for Wind Energy
Wind energy contributes to the priorities set out by the Lisbon Strategy (2000). This strategy sets the European Union the goal of becoming “the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion” by 2010. These objectives were complemented in 2002 at the Barcelona European Council, where heads of states agreed that research and technological development (RTD) investment in the EU must be increased with the aim of reaching 3 per cent of GDP by 2010, up from 1.9 per cent in 2000 (1.84 per cent in 2006 for EU-27).
If the Barcelona 3 per cent objective is to be fulfilled, wind energy R&D investment would have to represent an average of EUR430 million per year. Two-thirds of this budget should be invested by the private sector and one-third by the public sector.
Average public annual support would then be EUR143 million per year. If 50 per cent of this support is provided by national (Member States) programmes, and 50 per cent from EC programmes, the average contribution from the EC and from the national programmes should each be EUR72 million per year and increase with market turnover. The following section investigates past and current funding levels for wind energy R&D.
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https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/wind-energy-funding-opportunities
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.
There are no open funding opportunities at this time.
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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MAGENN AIR ROTOR SYSTEM (M.A.R.S.)
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Magenn Power's high altitude wind turbine called MARS is a Wind Power Anywhere™ solution with distinct advantages over existing Conventional Wind Turbines and Diesel Generating Systems including: global deployment, lower costs, better operational performance, and greater environmental advantages. MARS is a lighter-than-air tethered wind turbine that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, generating electrical energy. This electrical energy is transferred down the 1000-foot tether for immediate use, or to a set of batteries for later use, or to the power grid. Helium sustains MARS and allows it to ascend to a higher altitude than traditional wind turbines. MARS captures the energy available in the 600 to 1000-foot low level and nocturnal jet streams that exist almost everywhere. MARS Target Markets: Mini-Grid applications in developing nations where infrastructure is limited or non-existent; off-grid combined wind and diesel solutions for island nations, farms, remote areas, cell towers, exploration equipment, backup power & water pumps for natural gas mines; rapid deployment diesel & wind solutions (to include airdrop) to disaster areas for power to emergency and medical equipment, water pumps; on-grid applications for farms, factories, remote communities; and wind farm deployments.
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