Wind Energy Center

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Wind Energy Center conducts fundamental and applied research primarily in blades and rotors; control systems; fluid flows, materials and structural modeling and measurements; digital twins for wind turbines and their primary components; energy storage and grid integration. UTD Wind provides solutions to the wind power industry and works on novel turbine and system-level designs for land-based and offshore wind power.

Visit A Low-Cost Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind System to learn how the Center is advancing floating offshore wind turbine technology with a major grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).