Six universities and research institutions have today launched the Windenergie Forschungsnetzwerk (WindForS –Wind Energy Research Alliance). Aalen University, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Stuttgart University, the University of Tübingen, the Technische Universität München (TUM) and the Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW – Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg) will pool their wind energy competence and cooperate in research as well as undergraduate and postgraduate education.