Sarsland joins National Wind as Vice President and Director of Project Finance

Minneapolis, Minnesota - April 30, 2008 – National Wind, LLC, announces today that Tryg Sarsland will join National Wind as Vice President and Director of Project Finance. Formerly, Mr. Sarsland was Vice-President at Meridian Companies, LLC, in Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout his career, he has structured and syndicated financing for over $4,000,000,000 of renewable energy projects.

"National Wind has over 4,000 megawatts of renewable energy projects under development in six states, with the number of megawatts in development growing each month," says Jack Levi, co-chair of National Wind. "Wind projects, involve highly complex financing structures and we anticipate on increasing the volume of these transactions over the next few years. Tryg will lead our project finance function. Tryg, as one of the nation’s leading experts in renewable energy finance, will hit the ground running."

Prior to his position at Meridian, Mr. Sarsland worked at ANZ Investment Bank where he structured and syndicated the debt side of renewable energy projects. Mr. Sarsland is a graduate of St. John’s University and holds a MBA in finance from St. Cloud State University.

About National Wind, LLC: National Wind, LLC, is the leading developer of utility scale (50 megawatts or more) community wind energy projects. We form powerful community wind energy partnerships with property owners, assuring that a project’s economic benefits are shared with the community. National Wind and its subsidiary, Wind Energy Developers, LLC, have participated in developing 15 wind energy projects and currently have over 4,000 megawatts in development. National Wind’s projects are located in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, and the company is exploring expansion opportunities in other states. Please visit www.nationalwind.com for more information.