Community Owned

Seed Grants Available for Community Wind Projects in Minnesota

The Minnesota Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) is providing financial assistance for energy efficiency and/or renewable energy projects requiring technical assistance. Project funding can support technical assistance services (labor costs only, such as for a consultant, design professional, installer or student labor), for projects in all seven Minnesota CERT regions (Central, Metro, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest and West Central).

All applications are due no later than 4:30pm, November 2nd, 2009.

Community Owned

Minnesota

Commercial Scale

General News

Loans for Community-Based Wind Projects in Northeastern Minnesota

2009: Duluth, MN - The Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (ARDC) and the Northland Foundation have partnered to provide a revolving loan fund that will provide early-stage project development and feasibility analysis for community-based wind energy projects. The revolving loan fund will be available in Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties.

More information:

www.arrowheadplanning.org/windpower

DOE Announces $22 Million for Community Renewable Energy Projects

Washington DC, July 15, 2009 - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced plans to provide up to $22 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support the planning and installation of utility-scale community renewable energy projects in up to four communities nationwide. This funding opportunity directly supports the Obama Administration's goals of developing clean, renewable energy supplies, and creating new jobs and economic opportunities.

More information:

Grants.gov - Recovery Act: Community Renewable Energy Deployment

Community Owned

Policy - Federal Level

General News

Juhl Wind Inc

Juhl Wind Inc
996 190th Ave
Woodstock, MN 56186
507-777-4310
www.Juhlwind.com
[email protected]

Developer of Community Based Renewable Energy,
Consultant

North American Community Wind Energy Web Conference

2009

More than 25 North American experts will discuss opportunities, trends and challenges related to community wind energy projects during an online web conference May 26 and 27 offered by Green Energy Web Conferences.

Event type:

Webinars

Conferences

Rewards of Ownership

“Community-based renewable energy projects can produce big benefits,” according to Julie Curti and Justin Goetz in their article “Rewards of Ownership” in a recent issue of Rural Cooperatives Magazine, published by U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Community Owned

Commercial Scale

Benefits of Community Wind

General News

Western Community Energy

Western Community Energy, LLC (WCE) develops community scale renewable energy projects, chiefly wind energy projects, for private landowners, cities, counties, schools, municipal/public utility districts, tribes, and small businesses.

805 SW Industrial Way, Ste 10
Bend, OR 97702

(541) 306-3336
www.westerncommunityenergy.com
[email protected]

Xcel Energy Solicits C-BED Project Proposals

As a part of Xcel Energy’s Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) program, Xcel Energy is soliciting proposals for Community Based Wind Projects.

Ownership Matters: Community-Based Wind Development in Colorado

This publication goes through a broad overview of community-wind development. In includes some helpful resources and addresses the many different areas that community-wind development entails. The content is based on a series of presentations from 2008 by the same title.

Click here to download the handbook (PDF 951KB).

Wind Energy Investment Opportunity

Through our telephone and e-mail information lines, we often get inquiries about investing in wind energy. This news item will be of particular interest to South Dakota residents because it involves an intrastate public offer specific to them. However, others may be interested to see how this community ownership model works as it was used successfully in Minnesota in the p

Community Owned

South Dakota

Commercial Scale

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