National Wind

REpower to supply 20 wind turbines for its first project in Minnesota

Hamburg/Denver, January 19th, 2010.- REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) has received a contract from National Wind LLC, America’s leading large-scale community wind project developer, to supply 20 MM92 wind turbines. The MM92 type turbines have a rated power of 2.05 MW (megawatts) and a hub height of 100 meters. The turbines will be used in the first phase of the Lake Country Wind Energy project in central Minnesota. All phases of the project will total 340 MW.

Root River Energy Signs Over 20,000 Acres For Community Wind Project

Ostrander, MN - December 10th, 2009- Root River Energy, along with managing partner, National Wind, is proud to announce that it has secured over 20,000 acres of land in Mower and Fillmore Counties. This represents about two-thirds of the leased acres needed to develop up to 300 megawatts of community-owned wind energy in the area. With 10,000 acres signed in the last few months, Root River Energy’s Jim Connolly and Barry Rogne have been one of National Wind’s most productive field teams during this period.

Megan Sorensen Joins National Wind's Team

Minneapolis, MN- November 17th, 2009- National Wind, LLC announces today that Megan Sorensen has joined the company as a wind farm developer. Sorensen’s responsibilities include helping manage the development of two key wind projects, 300 megawatt Root River Energy in Fillmore County, Minnesota and 300 megawatt Northwest Ohio Wind Energy in Grover Hill, Ohio.

For Secure Energy Future, Obama Must Be Like Ike

Minneapolis, MN - October 13, 2009 - Updating our country's critical infrastructure is a hurdle President Obama shares with former President Dwight Eisenhower. In 1956, President Eisenhower was confronted with a patchwork of county and state highways that impeded interstate commerce. Seeing an opportunity to restructure an outdated system, he championed a network of federally planned highways that conquered the tangled mess created by uncooperative state interests.

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.

Leading Wind Assessment Firm To Offer Second Wind’s Triton To Its Clients

Somerville, MA and Grand Forks, ND- September 17th, 2009 – National Wind Assessments, a team of independent wind consultants, has adopted Second Wind’s Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to add value to its wind resource assessment offerings.

Designed and manufactured by Somerville, Mass.-based Second Wind Inc., a leading provider of wind assessment systems, the Triton is an advanced remote sensing system that uses sodar to capture accurate wind data at the heights of today’s wind turbines.

Norden Joins Northwest Ohio Wind Energy Development Team

Grover Hill, Ohio – September 16, 2009 – Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, LLC, announces the addition of a new field specialist to its community wind development team. Bradley Norden, of Wauseon, OH, will work with landowners and farmers in southern Paulding and northern Van Wert Counties to develop 300 megawatts (MW) of community-owned wind power projects in the area.

President Obama’s Lack of Environmental Leadership

Minneapolis, MN - September 1, 2009 - During the campaign, President Obama laid out his vision for combating global climate change. Unfortunately, President Obama’s original vision seems to have been all but forgotten. His original proposal included a call for a national renewable energy standard (RES) where, by the year 2025, a full quarter of the nation’s electricity would be generated by renewable sources. He seems to have lost sight of this vision.

Global Wind Day: Wind Energy Good, Community Wind Better

Minneapolis, Minnesota – June 12th, 2009 – On June 15th’s Global Wind Day, sponsored by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), National Wind underscores the myriad benefits not only of wind energy but specifically of community-based development.

National Wind, LLC, Receives 2009 Minnesota Environmental Initiative Green Business of the Year Award

Minneapolis, Minnesota – May 28, 2009 – National Wind, LLC, announces today that it has received the 2009 Minnesota Environmental Initiative (MEI) Green Business and Environmental Management Award. The award recognizes National Wind’s business model of partnering with communities to build utility-scale wind farms. National Wind is currently developing twelve families of wind projects across the Midwest and Plains States. The company has more than 1000 landowner partners and over 1300 megawatts (MW) of locally-owned wind projects in development or operation in Minnesota alone.