U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program

Program Areas

Photo of two multimegawatt wind turbines in a green field, blue sky with clouds in the background.

The Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program works to increase the deployment of utility-scale wind technologies like those deployed at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in Lewis County, New York.

Photo of three rows of yellow, disk-shaped devices with a tripod frame on top floating on a relatively calm ocean.

Point absorbers generate electricity by converting the energy in waves using a float that rides the waves and is attached to a moored conversion device.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program leads the nation's efforts to improve the performance, lower the costs, and accelerate the deployment of wind and water power technologies.

Learn more about the specific research sponsored by the Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program:

Wind Power

Water Power