Media Coverage
Check out where National Wind and our projects are making headlines around the globe. Our plan is to get the message out about community wind projects so farmers and landowners can understand the "true" value they provide for local economies and the environment.
May 2010
Deutsche Bank, and National Wind, LLC announce the successful closing of a senior secured financing facility for National Wind.
05/21/10 - Minneapolis Star Tribune
05/21/10 - North American Wind Power
05/21/10 - Business News Digest
05/22/10 - Finance & Commerce
05/25/10 - Project Finance Magazine
Dakota Wind Energy announces that it is accepted into the Big Stone II Transmission Backfill.
05/17/10 - Bloomberg Business Week
05/17/10 - Aberdeen American News
05/19/10 - Marshall County Journal
April 2010
National Wind announces its first Texas wind project, Buffalo Wind Energy, LLC.
04/29/10 - ConnectAmarillo.com
04/30/10 - Amarillo.com
04/30/10 - North American Windpower
04/30/10 - Recharge
04/30/10 - United Press International
04/30/10 - KVII
05/01/10 - Finance & Commerce
05/03/10 - Brighter Energy
February 2010
Lake Country Energy nears milestone of 25,000 acres signed.
02/19/2010 - West Central Tribune
02/19/2010 - Prairie Business Magazine
02/18/2010 - Renewable Energy World
January 2010
Lake Country Energy announces that they have reached an $80 million deal with turbine REpower Systems Ag to purchase 20 of the company's 2.05MW MM92 turbines.
1/20/2010 - Finance and Commerce
1/20/2010 - Electric Light and Power
1/19/2010 - North American Wind Power
NECO Wind, based in Logan, Phillips and Sedgwick Counties, Colorado, is announced as the recipient of a $2.5 million grant from the US Department of Energy as part of the stimulus bill.
01/21/2010 - Colorado Independent
01/21/2010 - MSN Money
01/28/2010 - Denver Business Journal
Patrick Pelstring, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of National Wind, lays out the ways in which farmers can benefit economically from wind energy and demonstrates how unobtrusive wind turbines can be to farming.
01/6/2010 - - Distributed Energy
01/6/2010 - - Domestic Fuel
1/5/2010 - Electric Energy Online
October 2009
National Wind CEO, Leon Steinberg, challenges Obama to "be like Ike" and bring our energy infrastructure into the 21st century
10/23/2009 - Renewable Energy World
10/14/2009 - Domestic Fuel
12/3/2009 - Green Economy Post
September 2009
National Wind Assessments announces the addition of Triton's Sonic Wind Profiler to its service offerings.
09/18/09 - Renewable Energy World
09/18/09 - Somerville Journal
09/21/09 - Wind Tech International
July2009
7/08/09 - Iowa Farm Bureau - Community Works to Share in Profits from Wind
June 2009
National Wind wins Minnesota Environmental Initiative's Green Business of the Year Award for its innovative approach in teaming with communities to build utility-scale wind farms.
6/09/09 - Agri News
6/03/09 - Independent Review
5/30/09 - Finance and Commerce
May 2009
April 2009
4/7/09 - National Wind Promotes Moen To Wind Energy Developer.
4/3/09 - Iowa Wind Energy Association Conference: A day to remember
March 2009
3/10/09 - Finance and Commerce - National Wind Announces Plan for Renville County Wind Farm
3/12/09 - National Wind: New 150-megawatt Project
3/12/09 - National Wind forms Little Rock Wind
3/13/09 - National Wind Forms Seventh Community Wind Company
3/16/09 - National Wind plans 150-megawatt wind energy project
3/17/09 - National Wind establishes company to develop wind energy in Minnesota
3/18/09 - Little Rock Wind To Develop Utility-Scale, Community Wind Farms
3/18/09 - Little Rock Wind to hold landowner meeting in Clinton
January 2009
1/13/09 - Agri News
1/21/09 - Estherville Daily News
December 2008
Red Rock Wind Energy announces its formation and intent to develop 300 MW of community wind energy in Northwest Iowa.
12/18/08 - Fox Business (click to watch clip)
12/12/08 - North American Windpower
November 2008
National Wind Assessments is proud to announce that an agreement has been made with Composite Tower Solutions to become the first U.S. Dealer of their 80-meter meteorological towers.
11/1/08 - Star Tribune
11/1/08 - Renewable Energy News Syndicator
11/5/08 - Windtech International
11/3/08 - North American Wind Power
October 2008
High Country Energy, LLC, and its manager National Wind, LLC, announce the completion of the nation''s first intrastate public offering in connection with the development of a wind project.
10/7/08 - Agri News
10/2/08 - Rochester Post-Bulletin
10/2/08 - North American Wind Power
10/2/08 - Renewable Energy World
10/2/08 - EcoFriendly
10/1/08 - The Earth Times
10/1/08 - The Boston Globe
10/1/08 - Renewable Energy News Syndicator
September 2008
Dakota Wind Energy signs over 40,000 acres with plans to develop South Dakota''s largest community-owned wind farm.
09/12/08 - Wind Energy Weekly
09/10/08 - Business Green
09/05/08 - Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
09/05/08 - North American Windpower
09/05/08 - Renewable Energy World
09/04/08 - Energy Polic TV: Wind Channel
09/03/08 - Sustanable Business
09/02/08 - North American Windpower
August 2008
08/03/08 - The Britton Journal
July 2008
Dakota Wind Energy, LLC, a South Dakota community-owned wind development company, announces an intrastate public offering of its securities.
07/30/08 - Tri-State Neighbor
07/23/08 - Argus Leader
07/23/08 - The Britton Journal
07/22/08 - Argus Leader
07/22/08 - Aberdeen News
07/22/08 - KTIV News Online
07/21/08 - Aberdeen News
07/21/08 - North American Wind Power
07/19/08 - ZD Net
07/18/08 - Fox Business News Online
07/18/08 - Reuters UK News Online
June 2008
High Country Energy becomes the nation''s first wind development to offer intrastate public offerings.
06/30/2008 - Renewable Energy World
06/27/2008 - North American Wind Power
06/17/2008 - The Farmer
06/17/2008 - Renewable Energy World
06/16/2008 - Power Finance and Risk
06/13/2008 - Finance and Commerce
06/13/2008 - North American Wind Power
06/13/2008 - Pioneer Press
Ergodyne, a St. Paul based producer of work gear, endorses National Wind, donating apparel to National Wind''s turbine work crews. The workers plan to showcase the donated clothing in an upcoming episode of the Discovery Channel''s Sustainable Planet, which will feature National Wind projects.
06/09/2008 - Industrial Wind Action Group
06/09/2008 - North Country Public Radio
06/05/2008 - Power Online
06/04/2008 - Eco Geek
06/02/2008 - The Alternative Consumer
06/02/2008 - Finance and Commerce
May 2008
Nebraska Public Power Disctrict (NPPD), the state''s largest electric utility, awarded National Wind Assessments a contract to install 10 meteorological towers throughout the northeastern part of the state. Although Nebraska ranks sixth in the nation in wind power potential, it currently ranks 19th in actual production. The first phase of met tower installation will begin later this month.
05/30/2008 - InvestorIdeas.com
05/22/2008 - North American Wind Power
05/21/2008 - ElectricNet
05/21/2008 - Lincoln Star
05/21/2008 - Electric Energy Online
05/19/2008 - EcoLocalizer
March 2008
On March 14, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) announces that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire 150 MW of the High Country Energy Wind Park. High Country Energy and WPSC expect to wrap up the permitting and transmission process and begin construction on this portion of the wind park in the next two years. Below are links to some of the key publications in which we received press coverage:
03/14/2008 - KAAL TV
03/17/2008 - North American Wind Power
03/18/2008 - Renewable Energy World
February 2008
National Wind receives press coverage for its community-based wind development model. Below are links to some of the key publications in which we received press coverage:
January 2008 - Prairie Business Magazine
February 2008 - The Furrow Magazine
January 2008
Dakota Wind Energy, LLC announces its formation. Based in Roberts, Marshall, and Day counties, Dakota Wind Energy is South Dakota''s first utility-scale community-owned wind development, with a potential to produce over 750 megawatts of wind energy. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
01/21/08 - Reporter and Farmer
01/21/08 - North American Wind Power
01/21/08 - Badlands Blue
01/22/08 - Renewable Energy Access.com
01/22/08 - Sisseton Courier
01/23/08 - Britton Journal
December 2007
National Wind announces its plans to use a significant private-equity investment from Harmony Equity Fund, a South Dakota fund managed by the McGowan Capital Group, to increase community-based wind development in South Dakota. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
12/19/07 - North American Wind Power
12/20/07 - Renewable Energy Access.com
November 2007
High Country, LLC, (300+ megawatt project) the nation''s largest community-owned wind project announces that a local landowner, Dana Christie, has joined the project''s Advisory Board. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
11/14/07- North American Wind Power
October 2007
National Wind, LLC acquires an experienced wind resource analysis firm, Romuld Wind Consulting, renamed National Wind Assessments. The firm is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and is one of the leading wind analysis firms in the nation. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
10/19/07 – Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
10/12/07 – Renewable Energy Access.com
10/12/07 – Wind Energy Weekly (pg. 7)
10/10/07 – North American Wind Power
10/09/07 – Domestic Fuel
M-Power, LLC (400+ megawatt project) received the necessary wind rights to proceed with North Dakota''s largest community-owned wind energy development. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
10/12/07 – Renewable Energy Access.com
September 2007
High Country Energy, LLC ( 300+ megawatt project) announces that it is formed and capitalized, making it the nation''s largest community-owned wind project when operational in 2010. Below are links to some of the key publications we received press coverage in:
10/05/07 – KAAL TV (Austin, MN)
10/02/07 – Horizon Solutions Site
10/01/07 – The Farmer
09/18/07 – Renewable Energy Access.com
09/18/07 – The Energy Daily
09/11/07 – SNL Energy Newsletter (pg. 10)
09/07/07 – Wind Energy Weekly (pg. 2)
09/06/07 – Domestic Fuel
09/05/07 – North American Wind Power
08/09/07 – KIMT TV (Mason City, IA
June 2007
National Wind''s Pat Pelstring discusses with Twin Cities Business Magazine the importance of the C-BED statute and how cost-effective and competitive these community projects are in comparison to those owned by corporate developers. Click here to read the complete article:
06/01/07 – Rising Wind