Commercial Scale

Links to webinar materials

Wind Energy 101 - A presentation that describes the current state of the U.S. wind industry as well as the difference between commercial scale and home and farm scale wind projects.

Wind Energy Myths and Facts

- A presentation that provides information about common concerns and misconceptions about wind energy development. Also provides best resources for further information on these topics.

We invite you to use these slides for your own meetings and presentations.

Windustry's own Lisa Daniels and Rebecca Pilcher-Cleland were two of the speakers for this webinar aimed at people interested in Community Wind in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states.

Also presenting were representatives of the Hull Wind project in Hull, MA.

Topics on the webinar include:

• an overview to starting a community wind project (Rebecca Pilcher-Cleland);
• financial structures for community wind projects (Lisa Daniels);
• and a first hand account of community acceptance from Hull, MA (Andrew Stern/ Malcolm Brown).

In this interview with the Climate Energy Project, Dan Nagengast of the Kansas Rural Center talks about community wind opportunities in Kansas.

Click here to read the interview. 

• A wind map of South Dakota
• South Dakota Wind Energy Activities (from Wind Powering America)
• Incentives for Renewable Energy in South Dakota

Organizations doing work with wind energy in South Dakota:

• South Dakota Wind Energy Association
• Farmers Union, South Dakota
• Dakota Rural Action
• The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
• Dakota Resource Council
• Plains Organization for Wind Energy Research
• Prairie Climate Stewardship Network
• South Dakota Dept of Commerce
• South Dakota Wind
• South Dakota Wind Energy Association
• South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

Find Information about South Dakota Tribal Governments here