Energy Research

White Papers

• Overview of Compressed Air Storage (PDF)

Publications

• “Carbon-Free, Site Independent Energy Storage for Grid Integration” presented at the American Wind Energy Association’s Windpower 2009 Conference & Exhibition in Chicago (PDF)
• “Application of WRF and Fluent for Wind Energy Forecasting” presented at the American Wind Energy Association’s Windpower 2009 Conference & Exhibition in Chicago (PDF)
• ” Application of Fluent for Atmospheric Flow: Comparison to WAsP in Complex Terrain” presented at the American Wind Energy Association’s Windpower 2008 Conference & Exhibition in Houston (PDF)
•  “Active Drivetrain Control to Improve Energy Capture of Wind Turbines,”,  presented at the American Wind Energy Association’s Windpower 2007 Conference & Exhibition in Los Angeles (PDF)
• “Wind Energy Research at Boise State University,” presented at the 2007 Harvesting Clean Energy Conference in Boise (PDF)
• Forecasting for Wind Energy

Presentations

• John Gardner discussing wind energy on New Horizons for Education
• “Distributed Wind Energy in Idaho”, presented by John Gardner (PDF)
• “Wind Energy: Environmental Factors, Costs & Availability”, presented by Todd Haynes (PDF)