Distributed Wind Expo Coming up
This Community and Small Wind conference and exhibition will be held
June 11 & 12
Rochester, NY
For more information: http://www.distributedwindexpo.com/Distributed_Wind_Expo/Home.html
News Archive
Windustry Executive Director in Climate Ride California
Lisa Daniels, Windustry's founder and executive director, will be riding her bicycle in the 2013 Climate Ride - California, May 19-23.
To support Lisa's ride for the climate, see http://bike.climateride.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=2194. Thanks!
Deadline Extended: Minnesota USDA REAP Grant Funding Availabilities for 2013
Attracting Women and Minorities to the Wind Industry
50 minutes with Steven Chu and Sen. Mark Udall.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/12/21/our-future-attracting-women-and-minorities-wind-industry
Some Seasonal Cheer for this Dark Time of Year
Windustry and US DOE Webinar: Cashton Greens Wind Project in Wis- 12/20 10am MT/11am CT.
You are invited by Windustry and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Wind Powering America initiative to attend a webinar examining the Cashton Greens Project, a recently installed Wisconsin community wind project built by project partners Gundersen Health System and Organic Valley Cooperative.
Community Wind South Now Up
After ten years the Community Wind South project in Nobles County, Minnesota is now up. It is the first wind project in Minnesota where the turbines are on 100-meter towers.
Community Wind Projects Grant Extended
Windustry's work to assist in starting up community wind projects in Montana, Wisconsin and West Virginia will continue well into 2013, thanks to an extension of the grant funding this work approved by the USDA.
The Sand Creek Winds project in northeastern Montana is farthest along, as this group of landowners cooperates very well internally, and the wind resource is very good. Their business has hired a staff person, and has also successfully applied for a queue position with WAPA, the regional transmission organization.
Give to the Max Day
During the 2012 presidential election, not a single mention of climate change was made by either candidate. But in his victory speech in the early morning hours of November 7, President Obama was clear: “We want our children to live in an America that isn't…threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” Now is the time to move on this issue. Now or never. Windustry pledges to do its part to advance clean energy and to help slow the warming of our planet. Your donation to Windustry today will help fund our current activities, such as:
Wind Energy Center at the Minnesota State Fair a Success
Minneapolis, September 6, 2012—The 2012 Minnesota State Fair was a tremendous success, attracting nearly 1.8 million visitors from all over the country. An estimated 260,000 fairgoers toured the Eco Experience exhibition, many of whom stopped into the Wind Energy Center. Our guests came with many questions about wind energy and our team of knowledgeable volunteers was ready with answers.
