Sandia , Texas Tech and Group NIRE are negotiating a three-way research agreement under which this facility will operate. The US Energy Department is funding Sandia’s work.
The site will perform primarily experimental work in turbine-to-turbine interactions and will evaluate innovative rotor technologies. It will also investigate areas including aero-acoustics, aero-elasticity and structural health monitoring using embedded sensor systems.
“Wind flows into a turbine, and we understand how the turbine responds,” says Sandia project lead Jon White.
