Below are a few of the Renewable Energy Projects (solar electric - solar heating - geothermal - hybrid hydronics)
that WERC has been involved with.
Minnesota Wind Project Locations and related stories
can also be viewed by clicking on the map.
For wind turbine locations with 6 month / 12 month
output readings from below locations.
| Representative Mark Kuhn Probes Renewable Energy by installing a 35 kilowatt wind turbine on his farm near Charles City, Iowa |
| Brew Farm Enterprises sees new wind turbine as anicon, and is another step closer to sustainability. |
| Experimental Research greenhouse constructed. Geodesic domed four-season greenhouse constructed at the Eco-Domes Conservation Campus. |
| WERC Installs New Wind Turbine System - Eco-Domes Conservation Campus, Brainerd, MN. |
| Wind turbine could pay for itself in 14 years. Jacobsens excited with wind turbine installation. Park Rapids, MN |
| School of Environmental Studies Ground breaking to commissioning of SES renewable energy project. |
| Kennedy Community School - The new school will be the first one in the nation to meet the LEED silver certification rating for green schools. |
| Jacobsen Tortoise Farm LLC - WERC installs a Jacobs 31-20 to offset high energy costs at a unique farm near Bird Island, MN. |
| Melody Lane Farms - WERC provided design, site planning services, permitting assistance and installed the farm-sized Jacobs 31-20. |
| Prairie Woods Learning Center WERC installs a Jacobs wind turbine which brings the Center closer to being 100% renewable energy. |
| Hunt Utilities Group, LLC (HUG) Wind Turbine WERC helped HUG acquire a $20,000 grant and built the largest of the wind turbines to be installed at their research campus located at Pine River, Minnesota. |
Persell Wind Turbine Installation John and Patty Persell are the proud owners of a new Jacobs wind turbine on a 120' tower that helps reduce mercury in water and fish. |
Boy's and Berry's Farm Wind Turbine Bob and Carol Nibbe use electricity from a small wind turbine to power their sustainable farming-oriented irrigation system. |
| Diamond Wind Energy, LLC Owner of Diamond Wind Energy, LLC, made a co-generation agreement with Kandiyohi Power Company to sell power generated from the new wind turbine. |
"Windy River Fair" Wind Turbine Installation The first permanent wind turbine system installed and monitored online at a county fairgrounds in Minnesota. |
| Winkelman Building Corporation This first installation of a triple junction amorphous solar electric system on the rooftop of new office. |
| The Eco-Domes Center Constructed using sustainable living techniques and technologies to conserve energy. |
| White Bear Lake Racquet & Swim Club Energy efficiency is not a great feature of tennis court bubbles, so Paul Steinhauser, looked for options. |
| Walker Animal Hospital The Eckholm's own the Walker Animal Hospital, Walker, MN which uses geothermal and solar technologies. |
| Hybrid Hydronics Combining geothermal with an outdoor wood boiler furnace allows a steady source of heat via the heat pump with a batch heating boost from the wood boiler. |
| Hydronic Snow & Ice Melt By placing Uponor in-floor heating under paving stones, the sidewalks and patio are free of snow and ice. |
Other WERC Building Projects-
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