National Wind Announces Promotion of Travis Moen to Wind Energy Developer

Minneapolis, Minnesota – April 6th, 2009 – National Wind, LLC is pleased to announce today the promotion of Travis Moen to the position of Wind Energy Project Developer. Mr. Moen, who has worked for National Wind for approximately 18 months, will focus primarily in his new role on projects located in North Dakota, South Dakota and Western Minnesota. This promotion is in recognition of the key contributions he made in National Wind’s efforts to help drive the 49.5 megawatt portion of the M- Power, LLC Luverne Wind Farm toward a successful closing on a “construction-ready” project sale earlier this year. This project is located in Griggs and Steele Counties, North Dakota.

“Travis brought a strong background in oil and gas land and title work to his role at National Wind,” says Bill Smeaton, Senior Wind Developer, National Wind. “He has a proven ability to establish positive relationships with landowners and project consultants, and is a resourceful and creative problem solver. He has proven to be a vital on the ground resource, and has earned this promotion with his hard work and meaningful contributions.”

“I’m excited about the promotion and proud of the role I’ve played in bringing recent projects to fruition,” says Mr. Moen.“Being a wind developer will be an exciting challenge. I thoroughly enjoy working with landowners and the various consultants that are essential to the successful implementation of a wind farm. I plan on taking what I have learned and putting this knowledge to work on other wind developments. I look forward to the new relationships I will be making and the new stakeholders I will be working with.”

The Luverne Wind Farm was co-developed under an agreement between National Wind and M Power, LLC.