Distributed Wind Energy News
Ryse Energy Expands Micro Wind Turbine Portfolio with Primus Wind Power Acquisition
Ryse Energy on July 12 announced the acquisition of Primus Wind Power, a large and long-time manufacturer of micro wind turbines. Both companies are DWEA members. “This acquisition will enable us to offer our clients in international markets a wider, more diverse...
Windurance Develops Pioneering Servo-Electric Blade Pitch Actuator Tech
Founded in 2000, Windurance is recognized as the pioneer of servo-electric blade pitch actuator technology for utility-scale wind turbines in widespread use throughout the industry today. Turbines using full span pitch regulation deliver higher annual energy...
USDA Announces $21 Million in REAP Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Karama Neal on July 13 announced that USDA is making $21 million in technical assistance grants available through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help...
Empowering Communities: Exploring the Potential of Wind and Solar Hybrid Microgrids
During a 2022 visit to Puerto Rico, Dr. Rachid Darbali-Zamora, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories met with community members and discussed some of the challenges associated to deploying different renewable energy technologies in remote rural regions of the...
DWEA Among DOE’s Energizing Rural Communities Prize Awards
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) on July 14 announced that DWEA was among 67 winners in the first phase of the $6.7 millionEnergizing Rural Communities Prize. This prize challenges individuals and organizations to develop...
Wind Energy Legislative Roundup
By Lloyd Ritter, DWEA Representative Welcome to the August (and part of September) Congressional recess, I guess. Congress left town last week with a load of work still to do, ranging from appropriations to the Farm Bill re-authorization. It’s going to get very...
President’s Message August 2023
By Michael Bergey, DWEA President Dangerous, record-breaking heat across the globe is bringing home the real impact of our continued use of fossil fuels. But also in the news is the impressive surge of domestic investments in clean energy and storage manufacturing, as...
Guide DWEA’s 2022 Policy Priorities
Support Distributed Wind for Community Empowerment & Energy Resilience Please take 5 minutes to complete a short survey about policies you'd like to see DWEA prioritize this year. If you represent an organization or business that supports local clean energy – let...
Distributed Wind 2022
Distributed Wind 2022, Feb 28 - Mar 3 in Washington DC DWEA's annual business conference and lobby day is your best opportunity to learn what's new in behind-the-meter distributed wind, including DOE's exciting new programs to advance distributed wind's contribution...
Distributed Wind Energy Association’s Support of Energy Justice: Black Lives Matter
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...