Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility

A New Facility for Rapid Testing and Development

April 20, 2012 - By the end of FY12, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) will have completed the development of the Scaled WInd Farm Technology (SWIFT) Facility, hosted at Texas Tech University, to enable rapid, cost-efficient testing and development of transformative wind energy technology. SWIFT’s primary objectives will be to

*reduce power losses and damage caused by turbine–turbine interaction shown in Figure 1,

*enhance energy capture and damage-mitigation potential of advanced rotors, and

*improve the validity of aerodynamic, aero-elastic and aero-acoustic simulations used to develop innovative technologies.

SWIFT is intended to perform at the highest quality of accredited research testing for both collaborative and highly proprietary projects with industrial, governmental, and academic partners. read more>>>