Main Contact for Ohio Wind Working Group

Tom Maves, Ohio Energy Office
tmaves@odod.state.oh.us, 614-466-8425

James Damon, Ohio Energy Office
jdamon@odod.state.oh.us, 614-466-1809

Main Contact for Indiana Wind Working Group

Paul Cummings, Indiana Office of Energy & Defense Development
pcummings@oed.in.gov 

Main Contact for Michigan Wind Working Group

John Sarver, State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth Energy Office, sarverj@michigan.gov, 517-241-6280

The U.S. Department of Energy released its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2007 inconjunction with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. According to the report, the U.S. had the fastest-growing wind power market in the world for the third consecutive year in 2007. Go wind!

Publication by a developer/farmer/consultant on all the factors to consider and steps to take in proceeding with a community-owned renewable energy project. The paper is aimed at projects in general and is not specific to wind energy. The information is presented in more of a check-list format, rather than as explanations of each step.

Read the recent report released by the Department of Energy that outlines how wind can support up to 20% of our nations electrical demand by 2030. The report can be found here.

The four titles that primarily affect renewable energy are described here.

Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the 2008 Wind Energy Center Partner Registration Form.