WERC NEWS |
WERC News / News Releases |
| WERC News 2-27-09 - News Release on Small Wind Incentives - How to Use the New U.S. Treasury Grant Program and Who Is Eligible |
| WERC News 2-22-09 - News Release on Small Wind Incentives Recently Passed - Congress Lifts Cost Caps on Small Wind Turbine Tax Credit |
| WERC News 1-30-09 - Small Wind Turbine investment provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act |
| WERC News 11-11-2008 - WERC announces USDA Grant recipients |
| WERC News 11-11-08 - The Eco-Domes Construction Scheduled for Completion Earth Day '09 |
| WERC News July 2008 - Innovative small wind workshop held at Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association |
| WERC News - April 2008- Feature story- Portable solar ground thaw system - turns on with the sun. |
| WERC News - March 2008 - WERC offers USDA grant writing services. |
| WERC
News - Mark Bauerly Joins Winkelman in Renewable Energy Business To help meet the growing demand for reduced energy costs and pollution prevention. |
| WERC News - Spring 2007 Order Your Site Plan and Wind Turbine Early |
| WERC News Fall 2006 - Recent news on our rapidly growing Small Wind business. |
WERC Shops |
| Wind WERC Shop 101 - Small wind turbine workshop on the process, restrictions, financing, state and fed grants followed by a hands-on tour. |
Related Newspaper/Magazine Articles |
| AWEA permitting guidebook. "In the Public Interest: How and Why to Permit for Small Wind Systems. |
| Smaller wind producers call for more perks - Des Moines Register 1-11-09 |
| Wilts discusses his experiences and reasons for installing 2 Jacobs wind turbines - Kerkhoven Banner 7-23-08 |
| Great River Energy is helping others go green - Mpls Star & Tribune by De Depass - 4-22-08 |
| St Cloud bus, a well-oiled machine - Mpls Star & Tribune by Paul Walsh - 4-22-08 |
| Catching the Wind Minneapolis Star & Tribune - Minneapolis, MN 2-24-08 Article |
| Minnesota Public Radio 1-17-08 - Lawmakers try to lure world's largest wind turbine maker. |
| Morrison County Record 1-11-08 - Article - Marshik farm becomes a little bit greener. |
| Minnesota Public Radio 12-05-07 - Energy on the Breeze by Tim Post |
| Apple Valley School of Environmental Studies - Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 11-25-07. |
| St. Cloud Times 11-23-07 - Oil prices propel interest in wind. |
| Benton County News Article - Wind Turbine Power Comes to Foley, MN 11-6-07 |
| Farm Industry News - Powered by the Wind - Generate Electricity for Your Farm with a small wind system. |
| WIND HARNESSER - Farmer Bob Nibbe Looks to Nature For Energy - St. Cloud Times Daily. |
| Strawberry Farm Installs Wind Turbine - Crow Wing Power News Article - January/February 2007 |
| Sunfish Gazette 1-11-2006 - Diamond Wind Energy's first project up and running - by Sandy Grussing |
| A Novel Way to Reduce Home Energy Bills By Sara Schaefer Munoz 8-15-06 The Wall Street Journal |
| St. Cloud Times 2-11-06 - Minnesota Farmer Learn to Reap the Wind |
| West Central Tribune 12-23-05 - Small-scale wind project aims to be the model for rural expansion in Kandiyohi County |
| St. Cloud Times 8-11-05 - Morrison Gets Educational Wind Tower - St. Cloud Times |
| Brainerd Dispatch - Brainerd, MN 7-6-05 - Renewable energy, sustainable agriculture fair in Little Falls |
Legislative News |
| Pawlenty jobs plan has look of green 11-11-08 Brainerd Dispatch |
| Biggest IRS Tax Incentive Ever for Small Wind Systems 11-24-08 |
| Minnesota Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff Bill Introduced 2-28-08 By Paul Gipe |
| Bly Presents Bill to Aid Small Energy Producers - Northfield News Article -by Andrea Nelson |
| Minnesota Feed-In Tariff Could Lower Cost, Boost Renewabls and Expaned Local Ownership by NewRules.org (PDF) |
| 'Rural Wind Energy Development Act' - The American Wind Energy Association today praised Senators Ken Salazar (D-Colo.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) for introducing legislation that would allow purchasers of a small wind system to receive a credit on their taxes for a portion of the turbine’s cost. |
| Governor
Pawlenty announces Next Generation Energy Initiative In an address to the Midwest Ag Energy Network Summit on 12-12-06, Governor Tim Pawlenty announced a series of proposals for the future of clean energy policy in Minnesota. Published by Fresh-Energy.org |
| Green Initiatives Flourish Across U.S. Jurisdictions are mandating sustainable buildings without quantifying up-front cost premiums. ENR article November 2006. |
WERC Related Audio / Video |
| 830 WCCO The Don Shelby Radio Show 3-12-08 - Wednesday's radio show is E DAY hour with host Don Shelby and guest David Winkelman, focusing on wind energy. Audio file (mp3). 10 megs |
| Kandiyohi County Small Wind Energy Guide Since we believe in the importance of wind as a clean and renewable source of energy, we thought it a good idea to provide information to help those who wish to follow in our path. Published by Kandiyohi County |
