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Wind Energy Publications and Photographs

On this page you'll find information about publications, photographs, and other media released by the Wind Energy Program.

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Publications

The following publications provide information about wind energy in the United States and the Program's efforts to further the development of wind energy.

  • The 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report describes the requirements needed to generate twenty percent of the nation's electricity from wind installations by 2030.
  • The 2008 Merit Review Report provides an overview of the Wind Program's technology research and development activities. (PDF 1.4 MB)
  • The Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends summarizes the key trends in the growth of the U.S. wind industry in 2007 (PDF 3.9 MB)
  • Top 10 Program Accomplishments lists the major successes of the Wind Program (PDF 1.8 KB)
  • Wind Power Today provides an overview of DOE's accomplishments and activities in 2006 (PDF 3.1 MB)
  • The Wind Energy Multiyear Program Plan for 2007-2012 lays out the long-term vision and goals of the Wind Energy Program (PDF 2.2 MB)

Other Federal Publications

The National Wind Technology Center library contains a list of recent wind energy publications published, an avian literature database, and a link to the searchable publications database of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that contains publications dating back to 1977.

Wind Powering America provides publications, conference presentations, press releases, brochures, a wind calendar, and newsletters on its publications page.

Photographs

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Photographic Information Exchange (PIX) has a collection of wind energy photographs.

Video and Audio

Please see Wind Powering America's video and audio pages.

Presentations

  • The Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2006 briefing summarizes the report by Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (PDF 2.9 MB)