A Statement from Lisa Daniels, Executive Director and Windustry Board of Directors In her article, ‘The pandemic is a portal’, the Indian scholar Arundhati Roy writes: “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal,
Windustry Presents Awards to Those Growing Community Wind and Distributed Clean Energy Washington DC. – At the 2019 Distributed Wind Conference, Windustry presented their annual Community Wind and Distributed Clean Energy Awards. The three awards are selected and presented by a national Peer Group of Community Wind and Sustainable
BACKGROUND: Windustry is a non-profit based in Minneapolis. Our mission is to promote sustainable energy solutions and empower communities to develop and own clean energy assets. As an independent voice acting in support of communities, we work, through education, outreach and advocacy, to advance broad community commitment to renewable energy. To
A 60-meter meteorological tall tower donated by Windustry to the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Community was installed in its new home last November, near Garfield Peak in Eastern Montana. It is now sending daily data files and will help determine the wind project development for the tribal community. Photo by Craig
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 6, 2018 Windustry Presents Awards to those growing Community Wind and Sustainable Energy Washington DC. – At the Distributed Wind Energy Association Conference last week, Windustry presented their annual Community Wind and Sustainable Energy Awards. The three awards are selected and presented by a national Peer Group
We recently wrapped up another successful year of coordinating the Wind Energy Center at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair. With nearly 50 volunteers and more than 1.9 million fair goers it was a fun and exciting two weeks of activity. From all of us at Windustry we want to thank
On the 10th birthday of its 1.5 MW wind turbine, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Massachusetts is highlighting what wind power has brought to the table for one of the few resorts in the U.S. powered 100% by renewable energy. In 2007, when Jiminy Peak installed a $4 million
Turbine Talk: Windustry’s August Newsletter The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind – Come check out the Wind Energy Center This month has us busy preparing for the Wind Energy Center at the Minnesota State Fair! In this newsletter, we highlight a few of our partners and feature
Turbine Talk: Windustry’s June Newsletter WoWE is now WRISE Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) Women of Wind Energy (WoWE) has recently rebranded itself as Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy or WRISE (pronounced rise). The change was prompted by a recognition that the successes of
This podcast has to do with the emergence of wind and solar hybrid developments, specifically the first one in the United States which is the project in Red Lake Falls, MN. Dan Juhl is coordinating this first development alongside General Electric and has quite an optimistic vision in regards to