National Wind Names Burdick and Hafner Senior Wind Farm Developers

Minneapolis, MN- October 20th, 2009- National Wind, LLC announces today the promotion of Scott Hafner and Chuck Burdick to Senior Wind Farm Developers. Both Burdick and Hafner will be primarily responsible for leading the overall management of several of National Wind’s key developments.

“We are proud to promote Hafner and Burdick because they have demonstrated exemplary leadership skills as developers, playing integral roles in guiding several National Wind projects,” says Leon Steinberg, CEO of National Wind, LLC. “Both Hafner and Burdick have exhibited a strong ability to form long-lasting, positive relations and partnerships with landowners and other key stakeholders, an important skill set to developing community wind projects. As senior developers, they will have expanded roles and increased responsibility in assuring their assigned projects get constructed and completed.”

Burdick and Hafner are now the principal managers of 5 of National Wind’s 12 developments. Burdick will be leading three Minnesota-based developments, namely Lake Country Wind Energy, a 340 megawatt project in Meeker and Kandiyohi Counties, Goodhue Wind, LLC a 78 megawatt project in Goodhue County, and Norfolk Wind Energy, a 40 megawatt project in Renville County. Hafner is heading the management of NECO Wind, a 650 megawatt project in Philips, Sedgwick, and Logan Counties, Colorado, and 300 megawatt Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, located in Paulding and Van Counties, Ohio.


About National Wind, LLC:
National Wind is the leader in developing utility-scale (50 megawatts or larger) community wind energy projects. We form powerful community wind energy partnerships with property owners, assuring that the project’s economic benefits are shared with the surrounding community. National Wind and its subsidiary, Wind Energy Developers, LLC, have participated in developing 12 wind energy projects and currently have over 4,000 megawatts in development. National Wind projects are located in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado and Ohio. The company has an additional 1,500 megawatts of wind energy in advanced feasibility study stages and is continually exploring expansion opportunities in other states. Please visit www.nationalwind.com for more information.