Texas Tech University’s National Wind Institute (NWI) has announced a new study called the American Wake Experiment. The project is funded by a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Researchers at the NREL focus on innovation in science, clean technologies, and energy systems.
According to John Schroeder, a professor of atmospheric science and senior director of NWI, the group will work in collaboration with national laboratories. The Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories includes Argonne, Brookhaven, Idaho, Los Alamos, NREL, Oak Ridge, and Sandia.
“The research project is looking at wind turbine wakes and how one turbine can impact the inflow into another,” said Schroeder, who is the principal investigator on the project. “Then, subsequent to that, it’s also looking at the collective wake off of wind farms and how one farm might affect another, adjacent wind farm.”
In related news, Texas Tech University’s Society of Physics Students (SPS) chapter has been selected as an “Outstanding SPS Chapter” for the 2019-2020 academic year by the American Institute of Physics.
According to Texas Tech, the chapter has received this award three years in a row. The award is presented to SPS chapters that demonstrate success by promoting and getting involved in physics research, public science outreach, physics tutoring programs, and hosting and representation at physics meetings, among others.
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