NOAA, the Department of Energy and Private Partners Launch Project to Reduce the Cost of Energy, Including Wind Energy

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011

There has not always been a need to know precisely how hard the wind blows 350 feet above Earth’s surface. Today, wind turbines occupy that zone of the atmosphere, generating electricity. So NOAA and several partners have launched a year-long effort to improve forecasts of the winds there, which ultimately will help to reach the nation’s renewable energy…