Our Experience with Wind Power

At National Wind, our wind power projects are not just about reporting the facts, but reporting the important connections we make with stakeholders and the expertise we’ve cultivated to help our future wind endeavors. How many developers can say that in a single project they worked collaboratively with more than 50 landowners to form a partnership? How many developers can say they helped a community form one of the largest wind farms in the United States? How many can say they involved nine rural communities in North Dakota’s first large scale wind project to be developed and owned by local landowners?

National Wind can and our project experience reflects our ability to form strong alliances with involved investors.

Our project experience consists of:

Coordinating, managing, and developing many wind energy projects

Our development staff has extensive experience dealing with the legal, financial, and political aspects of building a wind project. They understand what it takes to assemble a project that works with community values in mind. Currently, we have 12 families of community wind projects in development or operation. For a detailed look at each of these individual projects, please click here.

Extensive practice in building commercial-scale wind power projects

We have over 4,000 MW of active utility-scale wind energy systems under development or in operation. Most projects have a net capacity of 50 MW or more.

Strong geographic wind expertise

Our expertise spans the Midwest and Plains States, with projects in development in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and Ohio. We are pursuing opportunities for new projects in other states, including Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming and Texas.

Our geographic expertise goes beyond studying existing topography and wind maps; we take great care to facilitate on-site wind resource assessments and feasibility studies that evaluate all the technical, economic, transmission, and permitting issues that affect a project.

Networking with and involving landowners in wind project

We have worked closely with hundreds of distinguished landowners and community members on wind energy developments.

Effectively negotiating with utilities

We communicate and work on a regular basis with utilities and electric cooperatives servicing the Midwest and Plains States.