September

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.