National Wind Assessments Expands, Opens New Grand Forks Office

Minneapolis, Minn. - January 11, 2008 – National Wind Assessments, a wind resource assessment and met tower installation and monitoring firm, announces today the addition of four employees and the opening of a new office at the Corporate Center in downtown Grand Forks, North Dakota. The added staff and new office location will help the company meet its rising external customer demand for wind services. Fred Romuld and Debbie Jacklitch-Kuiken join the Grand Forks location. Debbie Jacklitch-Kuiken is a graduate meteorologist and mechanical engineer and will serve as a senior wind analyst. She has conducted wind resource assessments on over 100 projects and has taught six courses on wind assessment. Fred Romuld is a graduate mechanical engineer with an extensive construction background. Romuld has analyzed wind data and supervised the erection of meteorological towers in seven states and Canada. Two additional employees were added to National Wind Assessment’s Minneapolis location, Ryan Jakubov, a graduate meteorologist and wind analyst, and Ben Ransom, a renewable energy business analyst.

"With the addition of Debbie, Fred, Ryan, and Ben, we are one of the larger wind assessment firms in the region and provide services for met tower installation and wind resource assessments," says Kevin Romuld, President of National Wind Assessments. "Our wind assessment business is growing rapidly and with a new office and experienced staff, we have the resources necessary to properly service our clients."

"In a relatively new, yet rapidly growing industry, Fred Romuld and Debbie Jacklitch-Kuiken, have widespread experience in wind data acquisition, wind farm planning and energy assessment," says Kevin Romuld. "Also, they both have broad technical experience in wind flow modeling and assessment software."

"I am excited to join National Wind Assessments. I enjoy the people I will be working with and their customer focus," says Debbie Jacklitch-Kuiken. "This new position will allow me to get involved in every aspect of the wind assessment process. National Wind Assessments installs meteorological towers, collects wind data, assesses power output, consults on turbine selection and prepares wind farm layout and design".

National Wind Assessments, performs its services on a national basis, but concentrates its efforts in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming. The company has performed assessment services for some of the nation’s largest and most complex projects.

About National Wind Assessments:

National Wind, LLC, acquired National Wind Assessments, in 2007. Kevin Romuld, Vice President of National Wind and founder of Romuld Wind Consulting, supervises this division. Our expert consultants provide comprehensive wind assessments. We provide meteorological tower erection, wind data acquisition, site analysis and modeling, wind farm design and layout, projected energy production and turbine recommendations. Our wind consulting team has worked on well over 100 wind projects, primarily in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. Please visit www.nationalwindassessments.us for more information.

About National Wind, LLC: National Wind, LLC, is the leader in developing utility scale (50 megawatts or more) community wind energy projects. We form powerful community wind energy partnerships with property owners’, assuring that the project’s economic benefits are shared with its local stockholders and the surrounding community. National Wind and its subsidiary, Wind Energy Developers, LLC, have participated in developing 12 wind energy projects and currently have over 2,000 megawatts in development. National Wind 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.