Overview
Personal Profile
Before his employment at NLR, Owen Roberts worked for a wind developer and engineering, procurement, and construction contractor, building utility-scale wind projects domestically and in Central America. At NLR, he has been a field engineer and researcher with a focus on hybrid power systems, isolated grids, and microgrids, as well as wind farm development and siting, and wind turbine scaling with a focus on balance of system, towers, and transportation. His research has focused on wind plant layout optimization, turbine technology cost and scaling, and development of NLR’s land-based wind balance-of-station model and wind turbine system optimization.
Research Interests
Wind turbine and plant system optimization
Technical potential and capacity expansion modeling
Hybrid power systems
Professional Experience
Engineering Consultant (2016)
Researcher, NLR (2010–2016)
Engineer, Tennessee Valley Infrastructure Group (2008–2010)
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Renewable Energy Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2024 Edition
Lopez, A., Zuckerman, G., Pinchuk, P., Gleason, M., Rivers, M., Roberts, O., Williams, T., Heimiller, D., Thomson, S.-M., Mai, T. & Cole, W., 2025, 98 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Annual Technology Baseline: The 2024 Electricity Update
Mirletz, B., Vimmerstedt, L., Avery, G., Sekar, A., Stright, D., Akindipe, D., Cohen, S., Cole, W., Duffy, P., Eberle, A., Feldman, D., Fuchs, B., Hedalen, T., Kurup, P., Mulas Hernando, D., Ramasamy, V., Roberts, O., Rakov, B., Rosenlieb, E. & Schleifer, A. & 13 others, , 2024, 87 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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Incorporating Wind Turbine Choice in High-Resolution Geospatial Supply Curve and Capacity Expansion Models
Eberle, A., Mai, T., Roberts, O., Williams, T., Pinchuk, P., Lopez, A., Mowers, M., Mowers, J., Stehly, T. & Lantz, E., 2024, 53 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Potential Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act on Domestic Manufacturing and Deployment for Land-Based Wind Turbines
Roberts, O., Perez, P., Cooperman, A. & Shields, M., 2024, 62 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Solar Photovoltaics and Land-Based Wind Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2023 Edition
Lopez, A., Pinchuk, P., Gleason, M., Cole, W., Mai, T., Williams, T., Roberts, O., Rivers, M., Bannister, M., Thomson, S.-M., Zuckerman, G. & Sergi, B., 2024, 51 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report