Since 1970, Earth Day has inspired millions of people to take action on environmental issues. This year, it’s coinciding with the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement. This is a moment to take stock in how far we have come and to consider new actions we can incorporate into for our own
In early 2016, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) was fully approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) for a second round of their voluntary feed-in tariff (VFIT). We are calling it the NIPSCO VFIT 2.0. Topic: Understanding Indiana’s new incentives for small wind Presenters:Laura Ann Arnold, President of Indiana
This Climate Ride trip took place over 9 days and riders biked from Saigon to Angkor Wat. By participating in the Climate Ride, Lisa helped bring attention to today’s climate challenges and raised funds for Windustry and other environmental organizations. Lisa (on the left) with the other Climate Riders at
Can you name any wind turbine you see? Well, we have a contest for YOU. Watch our new video and count up all the wind turbines you can find. Then, identify the make, model, and location of as many as you can. The contestants with the most correct answers will
The EPA has published a decision tool to help people determine if a site is viable for renewable energy development. MWEC provided a webinar illustrating the tool and these are the slides from the webinar. The EPA webinar slides on the tool and a link to the video of the
The Midwest Wind Energy Center & Windustry will be presenting a webinar on October 15 @1pm CST about the US EPA’s new Decision Tree Tool. Developed by US EPA’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, the RE-Powering Electronic Decision Tree tool guides interested parties through a process to screen sites for their
Windustry’s September 2015 Newsletter Windustry awarded 1st Conservation Media Group Action Grant to support Community Wind Campaign! Windustry is thrilled to have been selected for the first Action Grant from CMG to support our new #StickWindHere campaign. This video-based outreach campaign is about increasing access to Community and Community-Shared Wind Projects.
Climate Ride produces charitable multi-day bicycle rides that raises money for nonprofits devoted to environmental action. The upcoming ride is taking place on the coast of Maine. Follow Lisa on Twitter as she tweets images showing off our #stickwindhere wind turbine!
A new Wind Energy Permit Toolkit from our colleagues at the Northwest Wind Resource & Action Center is available! This toolkit includes information on how jurisdictions can standardize their zoning regulations and permitting processes to ensure safe and cost-effective wind energy development that is appropriate for their community. Strategies are provided
Windustry’s #StickWindHere campaign has officially launched! This video-based outreach campaign was recently funded by the Conservation Media Group to help us spread the word about Community and Community-Shared Wind Projects How it started: During the summer, Lisa Daniels (Windustry Executive Director) attended CMG’s 2015 Catalyst Energy Workshops. While at the workshops,