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Welcome to the Renewable Energy
Research Laboratory (RERL)
The electricity we use every day
produces air pollution and greenhouse gases with serious consequences
on our environment and health, globally and locally. Generating
electricity through wind power and other renewable energy technologies
can greatly reduce that damage.
Wind power installations across the US
are currently generating about 10 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh)
annually, enough to power one million average American homes. In
particular, Massachusetts is already benefiting from wind power and
customer demand for clean energy is growing. Across the Commonwealth,
people are asking how they can make use of wind energy themselves.
The Renewable Energy Research
Laboratory (RERL) at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst exists to promote education and research
in renewable energy technologies. RERL focuses chiefly on wind energy
in New England, including: offshore wind power issues, resource
assessment, renewable energy software development, hybrid power
systems, wind turbine dynamics and control, and wind farm siting and
performance.
RERL is funded primarily by the Massachusetts
Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts
Division of Energy Resources, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
What's New at RERL:
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