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Windustry News
We track important news and information in the wind energy industry, especially as it relates to Community Wind. Read highlights, summaries, and find the latest resources in our Windustry News section.
Windustry Blog
The Windustry Blog offers insights to Community Wind, updating you on the ideas and issues that matter along with trends in reweable energy.
Events
See what's happening in your region in the wind industry on our Events Calendar, focusing on Community Wind meetings, workshops, classes, conferences, and special events. To submit an event for inclusion on our calendar, please email us. We reserve the right to only post those events we feel are of interest to our constituents.
Wind Energy Center
The Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair
Windustry organizes a dynamic, interactive Wind Energy Center for The Eco Experience each year at the Minnesota State Fair. From the towering 123-foot turbine blade outside The Eco Experience building to a commercial turbine section inside the hall, Windustry and our volunteers guide some 350,000 visitors through the exciting world of wind energy as both a source of clean, renewable energy and rural economic development. We could not do this wonderful event without our partners! For information on how to become a Partner of the 2010 Wind Energy Center, contact Samantha Smart, Development Coordinator at 612-870-3474 or samantha@windustry.org.
Windustry Conferences
Windustry is proud to host the premier Community Wind Conference nationwide. Learn more about our biannual conferences.
News
And now for the news...
American Clean Energy and Security Act
Bill fights global warming and helps farmers and landowners
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454), designed to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy, is expected to be brought to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, June 26, prior to Congress's Fourth of July recess.
The Clean Energy Economy
Green Jobs growing faster than other sectors
There's lots of talk about Green Jobs, but is it just hype or can the renewable energy industries really help us out of the economic crisis? Over the past decade the clean energy economy grew some 2-1/2 times faster than the overall jobs market in the U.S., according to a new report by The Pew Charitables Trusts.
Request for Proposal for Small Wind System in Mahtomedi, MN
The Mahtomedi Area Green Initiative (MAGI) is soliciting letters of interest and project proposals, including specifications and good-faith cost estimates, for the installation of a small wind turbine near the Mahtomedi High School campus in the Fall of 2009.
Windustry Newsletter - May 2009
Featured in this issue:
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Character with a Cause:
Lisa Daniels on harnessing the wind in USA Network video - REAP Energy Grants Available:
Grants to help farmers and ranchers with energy audits, energy
efficiency, and renewable energy projects - Landowner Wind Energy Associations:
New Introduction to LWEAs available from Windustry - Windustry to Organize Community Wind Energy Conferences
- Windspiration
- On the Windustry Trail
Small Wind Grew 78% in 2008
The U.S. market for small wind turbines—those with capacities of 100 kilowatts (kW) and less—grew 78% in 2008, with 17.3 megawatts (MW) of new electrical capacity, according to the 2008 AWEA Small Wind Global Market Study released by the American Wind Energy Association.
USDA REAP Energy Grants Available
Grants to help farmers and ranchers with energy audits, energy efficiency, and renewable energy projects
Farmers, ranchers, and other rural small businesses have until July 31, 2009 to apply for grants or loan guarantees to assist with energy efficiency and renewable energy projects through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
Windustry to Organize Community Wind Energy Conferences
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently granted Windustry $100,000 to organize six regional Community Wind Energy Conferences over the next two years.
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