The Minwind projects are a series of nine farmer-owned wind projects near the town of Luverne in southwestern Minnesota.  All of the Minwind projects were based around the idea that local ownership is central to maximizing local benefits, and the projects are intended to both generate new income for farmers and benefit the local community’s economy.

Minwind I & II are two innovative farmer-owned utility scale wind project in Luverne, MN.

Read more about them in the Fall 2002 Windustry Newsletter.

Macalester College in St. Paul, MN installed a 10kW machine on its urban campus in 2003.

The Univeristy of Minnesota, Morris has a utility scale turbine.  Learn more on the U of M website or from this fact sheet from the University.

Carleton College installed the first college owned commercial scale wind turbine in the country in September 2004. The 1.65 MW turbine offsets approximately 40% of the campus' electricity use.

Read Windustry's case study in our Summer 2006 Newsletter.

This school installed a 750kW turbine in late 2003. Read more about the project in this case study from the Clean Energy Resource Teams.

Lac qui Parle Valley High School has had a 225 kW wind turbine since 1997. Read more in this Clean Energy Resource Teams case study.

Proctor High School's 20kW turbine went online in October 2006. Read more about the turbine in the school newspaper.

Schoolyards and Wind Turbines: Bureau Valley School District Gets a Turbine

The Eldora-New Providence Community Schools installed a 750 kW wind turbine in October 2002. Read Windustry's case study in the Spring 2003 Newsletter or visit the school's website.