Hawkeye, IA - This meeting is an excellent opportunity to ask questions and to learn how to start your wind generation project, according to organizer Jim Franzen. The meeting will take place at the Hawkeye Community Center, 102 E. Main St, Hawkeye, IA, on Thursday, July 16, at 5 p.m.

Speakers

Wanamingo, MN - The Southwest Initiative Foundation will host a forum focusing on utility scale wind energy projects:

• Community wind economics
• Business models and finance
• Lands leases and other legal concerns
• Siting and permitting
• Environmental and health considerations
• Wind energy case studies

Floyd County, TX - The Caprock Plains Wind Energy Association (CPWEA) will host a free and public symposium at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center, US Hwy 70 & TX Farm Rd 786, between Floydada and Lockney.

Pierre, S.D. - The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will hold an informational meeting in Winner on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, to discuss wind energy development. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. CDT at the Winner Playhouse.

Presenters include PUC Commissioners Dusty Johnson, Steve Kolbeck and Gary Hanson.

Cincinnati, OH - CARE Crawley Building, University of Cincinnati.  This exciting evening supports the non-profit efforts of Green Energy Ohio.  Katherine Brass, GE Energy will be the featured speaker, a presentation entitled:  "Ecomagination:  Lessons Learned."  Networking opportunities and silent auction.

The City of Chaska will host an open house at city council chambers from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29 to provide information about the Hometown Wind Power Program.

Winner & Plankinton, South Dakota

The Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), intend to jointly prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed PrairieWinds Project (Project) in South Dakota.

Spearfish, SD

An Alternative Energy and Conversation Workshop will be sponsored by Lawrence County, Butte County, Elk Creek Conservation Districts, the Crook County Natural Resource District and the Black Hills Resource Conservation and Development Association.

Estherville, IA
The theme for this year’s conference is
Wind Energy in Iowa – Issues & Emerging Solutions

Landowner scale wind turbine energy production systems, grants and funding for sources for wind generation projects will be discussed.

This workshop is designed to answer basic questions on small wind energy systems and to discuss local, state and federal programs available to finance small-scale projects.