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Winds of Change: Add Your Logo to DWEA’s FY22 Federal Funding Sign-on Letter!

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The winds of change are blowing through D.C. – DWEA is working hard to secure funding during the fiscal year 2022 federal appropriations process and capture that same energy to build support for distributed and community wind. Our FY 2022 appropriations sign-on letter will be soon submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees. […]

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Texans: Distributed Wind Will Save The Grid

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What Caused the Blackouts? As power grids throughout America continue to recover from an extreme freezing event and planned outages subside, there is no shortage of people looking for something to blame for the cause of the grid failure. Everything from State-isolated grids, frozen turbines, curtailed gas production, and poor maintenance is being discussed. This […]

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A Solution for Abandoned Wind Turbines

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There are a number of abandoned wind turbines across the United States. These turbines are referred to as orphaned turbines. Some wind farmers hit hard times with the COVID-19 pandemic and couldn’t pay for repairs, so these turbines were left still and quiet. Others are legacy turbines that haven’t generated power in years — it’s […]

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DW-Appropriations

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7/22/2020 Distributed wind supporters – we have a quick turn-around to gather sign-ons for a new Congressional funding letter, hope to include your companies/organizations as co-signers! See below for current language. Can you approve including your logo and location(s) similar to last year’s letter? Who else could you invite? To effectively urge support for DW […]

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Distributed Wind Energy Association’s Support of Energy Justice: Black Lives Matter

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July 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in our economy and deep-seated inequalities in our society, hitting the most vulnerable people the hardest. In advancing distributed clean energy, DWEA is working to recognize and address systemic energy injustices with resilient local resources prioritizing healthy and vibrant communities. DWEA members are working to ensure […]

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The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) is a collaborative group comprised of manufacturers, distributors, project developers, dealers, installers, and advocates, whose primary mission is to promote and foster all aspects of the American distributed wind energy industry. Distributed wind, commonly referred to as small and community wind, is the use of typically smaller wind turbines at homes, farms, businesses, and public facilities to off-set all or a portion of on-site energy consumption.

Read the DWEA Distributed Wind Vision

The fundamental goals of DWEA are to:

Develop a federal policy environment that supports the responsible expansion of distributed wind energy
Reduce or eliminate unwarranted barriers to the use of distributed wind energy
Provide a unified voice for all members and sectors of the distributed wind industry
Develop and promote industry “best practices” policies and standards that will foster the safe and effective installation and operation of distributed wind systems
Participate in public and consumer education

DWEA seeks to attract members and associates from all sectors with relevant interests pertaining to the distributed wind industry.

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Our Wind, Our Power, Our Future

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DWEA Wind Vision

30 GW by 2030 and 150,000 Jobs

What is Distributed Wind?

Distributed wind is the use of wind turbines at homes, farms, businesses, public facilities and off-grid locations

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