About
Our Mission
The mission of the North American Wind Energy Academy (NAWEA) is to bring together North America’s foremost intellectual assets and to apply their collective talents to overcome the challenges of advancing wind power technology and its applications, optimizing its role in meeting the region’s energy needs in an environmentally sustainable manner, while nurturing the development and education of future generations of technical, management, and policy experts to ensure the continued sustainable advancement and optimization of wind power.
In executing its mission, NAWEA will lead and support efforts to undertake and accomplish the following major activities:
Work to expand the breadth and competence of the wind energy’s educational and research communities to ensure the continued advancement of wind energy.
Foster research and development collaborations that bring together the necessary disciplines, agencies, and stakeholders to address topics critical to the advancement of all forms of wind energy.
Sponsor and develop unbiased, accurate, and relevant scientific information on wind power’s benefits and impacts and actively communicate that information to decision makers and the general public though a variety of means such as workshops, symposia, and publications.
Conduct all other lawful activities consistent with accomplishing the foregoing mission.
Our Vision
The North American Wind Energy Academy’s (NAWEA’s) vision is for researchers, educators, policy makers, and industry members to form collaborative partnerships that catalyze the needed advancements in research, provide educational opportunities for the essential workforce, disseminate unbiased information to facilitate market acceptance and energy policy development for wind energy to become the predominant provider of North America’s carbon free electricity by 2050.
Through the North American Wind Energy Academy (NAWEA), opportunities for education and training of needed skilled human resources and talent will be enhanced with an emphasis on graduate-level collaborative research. NAWEA members coalesce around the vision, collaborate, and share their knowledge, skills, and capabilities to promote wind energy education and technologies.
Technical areas, holistic perspectives, and approaches emphasized by NAWEA as necessary to maximize future deployment include:
- Wind Energy Science and Engineering
- Grid Integration and Management
- Electrical Transmission
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Social Acceptance
- Policy Research
- Business and Financing
- Innovative/New Technology
- Education and Curriculum.
NAWEA is a volunteer organization working to overcome the challenges of advancing wind power technology and its applications, optimizing its role in meeting the region’s energy needs in an environmentally sustainable manner, while nurturing the development and education of future generations of technical, management, and policy experts to ensure the continued sustainable advancement and optimization of wind power.