“Local communities and counties and school districts aren't getting the benefit that we are entitled too,” explains David Benson in a recent newspaper article regarding problems with the wind energy production tax in Minnesota. Benson is a Nobles County commissioner, legislative chairman for the Southwest Regional Development Commission, and on the Windusty board of directors.

Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is available from Green For All and PolicyLink to assist local and state advocates, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and policymakers in making the best use of recovery dollars.

Lisa Daniels, executive director of Windustry, describes importance of locally owned wind energy projects to achieve DREAM goal.

Renewable energy has been a major factor in the resurgence of energy corridor acquisitions. The nature of renewable energy means there is a need to link the energy source (often in remote, not-very-populated areas) to the energy demand (in highly populated areas). As advocates for wind energy, transmission can be a significant hurdle in successful development of wind farms.

I started writing a blog about a recent presentation I attended on the legal issues of using eminent domain for energy corridors. While writing I realized an overview of what eminent domain is may be helpful. The original post was too long to include it all, so here is the brief tutorial:

“What some are calling the ‘last crop to harvest’ is capturing growing attention from farmers and other landowners in western Minnesota,” wrote Tom Cherveny in the West Central Tribune

Windustry is honored to have received a second Wedgeshare grant of $3,500 from the Wedge Community Coop in Minneapolis. The Wedge Community Coop is a visionary community treasure with 35 years of service to the local community.

Those of you who frequent this blog may remember an entry back in June about an upcoming "turbine hugging" picture from a community wind event in the UK.  Well, I have kept checking their website, http://www.ecoweek.info/WORLDRECORD/worldrecord.html to no avail.  Finally I contacted them by e-mail to see if/when a picture might be posted.  While it is still not up on their website, th

The Wedge Co-op, a local cooperative in Minneapolis, MN recently
published an article about community wind from Windustry! If you are
looking for a brief look into wind energy, check out the article here. This article was part of the Wedge's August/September Newsletter.