Date: 5/13/2014

The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) invited more than 50 industry, academic, and government representatives to work together (with an additional dozen attendees participating via webcams) to launch the Sustainable Manufacturing Advanced Research and Technology (SMART) Wind Consortium on October 16 in Albany, New York. Funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Consortium will produce a Distributed Wind Technology Roadmap that will focus on overcoming manufacturing gaps and barriers to reduce costs and open new market opportunities. Leads for the four SMART Wind Subgroups (Mechanical, Electrical, Composites, and Support Structures) and existing research lab partners introduced their areas of expertise and research opportunities available to support innovative technology solutions for the full distributed wind supply chain.

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