Municipal Utilities
SIG Field Trip event- A tour of the Hull Wind turbine
TiE Boston and the CleanTech SIG once again present the unusual but very popular SIG Field Trip event- A tour of the Hull Wind turbine, featuring catered lunch on a YACHT as we sail to Hull!
Wind Powering America's Public Power Web Page
The Wind Powering America program has a web page of resources for public power authorities.
Municipal Utility ("Muni")
A utility owned by a city to supply utility services to residents in that city. Generally, surpluses in revenues or over-expenditures are contributed to the city budget.
Worthington, MN: Community Wind Project
Missouri River Energy Services put up four turbines near Worthington, MN.
Read more about the RiverWinds project in Worthington, MN by clicking here.
Waverly, IA: Waverly Light and Power Community Wind Project
Midwest Municipal Utility is a Wind Power Pioneer
Moorhead, MN: Community Wind Project
Moorhead Public Service in Moorhead, MN has put up two utility-scale turbines, named Zephyr and Freedom.
Read more about the Capture the Wind project on the Moorhead Public Service web site.
Hull, MA: Community Wind Project
Hull, Massachusetts has two utility-scale turbines. The second was installed largely because the first one was so successful.
Read more about the Hull turbines on the Hull Wind web site.
Traverse City, MI: Community Wind Project
Traverse City, Michigan was the first municipal utility in the state to install a utility scale turbine in 1996.
Algona, IA: Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project
There are three turbines in Algona, Iowa owned by a consortium of municipal utilities.
Read about this community wind project in an AWEA news release and on the Algona Municipal Utilities web site.
Lamar, CO: Community Wind Project
The City of Lamar Light and Power in Lamar, Colorado partnered with a large wind developer to put together their community wind project.

