Commercial (Large) Scale
Brian Antonich, Windustry's Small Wind Specialist, checks out a blade in Iowa Lakes, Iowa. 2006
Brian Antonich, Windustry's Small Wind Specialist, checks out a blade in Iowa Lakes, Iowa. 2006
What is commercial (large) scale wind?
Commercial scale wind refers to wind energy projects greater than 100 kW. Typically, the electricity is sold rather than used on-site. This category can include large arrays of 100 or more turbines owned by large corporations or a single locally-owned wind turbine greater than 100 kW in size.
Wind Project Calculator
Windustry's Wind Project Calculator
-Designed by Alice Orrell, Alice Orrell Consulting, and Brian Antonich, Windustry, for the Community Wind Toolbox, April 2007.
School-owned turbine in Hull, Massachusetts, 2004
School-owned turbine in Hull, Massachusetts, 2004.
Farmer-owned wind
Roger and Richard Kas proudly display their wind farm. Working together
with wind developer Dan Juhl (center), the Kas brothers were the first
farmers in the nation to own wind turbines.
Cows harvest the grass while a rancher harvests the wind
Crane at McNeilus Wind Farm
Construction at a McNeilus wind farm in Michigan.
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North Dakota Wind Energy Resources
You can help bring wind energy to North Dakota and your community!
North Dakota has an amazing wind resource. In fact, North Dakota has the potential to produce more than 1.2 trillion kWh of electricity every year--that's enough to power more than a quarter of the entire country!
