more clean power from wind and sun....

More Clean Power From the Wind and Sun

Lowering costs to increase wind and solar output.

The quest for clean, renewable power alternatives is on in earnest, and wind and solar promise to be a big part of the present and future solutions. In many places around the world, wind already is cost competitive with fossil fuels. Solar is not far behind wind. We believe even more can be done to make them more economically competitive and increase their power-generating capacity globally.

We have a global team from across our four R+D facilities working on several key technology fronts.

In wind, we’re focused on advanced blade development to improve wind capture, new controls and software to enhance power reliability, and sophisticated simulation and modeling techniques to optimize the placement of turbines on a wind farm site

In solar, we’re focused on the entire value chain from cell materials to the solar module systems to enable low-cost solar power. Researchers also are exploring a mix of longer-term initiatives, including nano-based materials that hold great potential for one day producing high efficiency cells with dramatically lower production costs.

And for both wind and solar, we are developing more intelligent grid management technologies to seamlessly integrate both into the electrical grid.

Collectively, these technologies will help to increase wind and solar power in more efficient and economical ways.