NREL to test multi-megawatt wind turbine drivetrain.

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NREL has released first call for proposals from wind industry companies interested in forming a partnership with NREL to test a multi-megawatt wind turbine drivetrain. Primary objective of Cooperative Research and Development Agreement is to commission NREL's new test facility by conducting an integrated system test on the partner's test article. Test will begin in July 2012, will last 2-4 months, and will be followed by customer-specified testing of article for additional 1-4 months.



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NREL Announces Partnership Opportunity for Multimegawatt Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing



Golden, Colo., - The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its first call for proposals from wind industry companies interested in forming a partnership with NREL to test a multimegawatt wind turbine drivetrain. The drivetrain will be tested in NREL's new 5 megawatt drivetrain test facility, which is scheduled for completion by the end of June 2012.

The primary objective of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is to commission the new test facility by conducting an integrated system test on the partner's test article. The test will begin in July 2012, will last two to four months, and will be followed by customer-specified testing of the article for an additional one to four months. Alternatively, proposals may request testing of a second, customer-provided test article for customer-specified testing.

For more information on this CRADA opportunity, see Opportunity for Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for Testing a Mulitmegawatt Drivetrain at the NWTC, or contact Jim Johnson at 303-384-6989 or James.A.Johnson@nrel.gov. The deadline for submitting proposals is 5p.m. MST, May 13, 2011.

NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.

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