Energy -> Wind Energy

Additional Wind Energy Resources

• Iowa resources
• Regional and National resources and organizations
• Federal government resources
• Career training and workshops
• Small-scale installations
• Large scale and utility turbine installations

Iowa resources

• Iowa Energy Center
• Iowa Renewable Energy Association

back to top

Regional and National resources and organizations

• Windustry
• American Wind Energy Association
• National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC)
• Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
• Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP)
• Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)

back to top

Federal government resources

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Wind Powering America Initiative
  U.S. Department of Energy
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• NREL Wind Project Finance Tool
• National Wind Technology Center
• Sandia National Laboratory-Wind Division

back to top

Career training and workshops

• Iowa Lakes Community College
  Wind Energy and Turbine Technology Program
• Minnesota West Community and Technical College
  Windsmith Program
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst
  Renewable Energy Research Laboratory
• Solar Energy International
  Wind turbine installation and construction workshops
• Midwest Renewable Energy Association
  Wind system workshops
• Alternative Energy Institute
  Training seminars

back to top

Small-scale installations

• Financial incentives and assistance
• Iowa Energy Center
  • Wind maps and turbine calculator
  • Wind manual
• American Wind Energy Association, Small Wind Systems

back to top

Large scale and utility turbine installations

Wind farm projects in Iowa
not a comprehensive listing

• Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project
• Waverly Light and Power
• Northern Alternative Energy
  Sibley, Sibley Hills, Zachary Ridge/LJ Wind Farms
• Clipper Windpower
  Flying Cloud Wind Farm
• FPL Energy
  Cerro Gordo Wind Farm
• FPL Energy
  Hancock County Wind Farm
• GE Wind Energy
  Buena Vista and Cherokee Counties Wind Farm
• Midwest Renewable Energy Corporation
  Top of Iowa Wind Farm

back to top

Resources for landowners and large-scale installations

• Wind Powering America
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Legal issues related to wind energy easements
  Windustry
• Utility-Scale Wind information
  American Wind Energy Association
• Wind on the Wires Initiative
  Transmission issues related to wind energy
• Permitting and sting issues for wind energy facilities
  National Wind Coordinating Committee
• Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines
  National Wind Coordinating Committee
• Quantifying hedge value wind power
  Berkeley National Laboratory
• Green power marketing/credit trading and wind energy
  National Wind Coordinating Committee
• Cooperative Wind: How Co-ops and Advocates Expanded Wind Power in Minnesota
  Renewable Energy Policy Project

back to top