November 20, 2024
DWEA Newsletter – November 2024
President’s Message By Michael Bergey, DWEA President This month I turn seventy, and it will be fifty years since I first worked on a small…
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November 18, 2024
Member Spotlight: Author Chris Gillis Releases “Wind Energy Revolution”
DWEA proudly celebrates the publication of Wind Energy Revolution by our member, Chris Gillis. This insightful book explores the development of small wind generators for…
November 18, 2024
Send in the Cows!
By Dan Clunies, Harmony Energy Solutions We kicked off an exciting farm show season at the Aug. 6-8 Minnesota Farmfest in Morgan, Minnesota. This is…
November 15, 2024
Fall 2024 Peer-Learning Cohort Offers Opportunities to DWEA Members
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) offers peer-learning cohorts to advance local clean energy goals.
November 12, 2024
IRS Modifies Qualification for 45X Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 45X Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit provides a transferrable federal tax credit for domestic manufacturers of wind turbine components.
November 9, 2024
November Legislative Roundup
By Lloyd Ritter, DWEA Policy Director I want to first congratulate our DWEA President Mike Bergey on his 50 years of distributed wind leadership! He’s…
November 6, 2024
November President’s Message
By Michael Bergey, DWEA President This month I turn seventy, and it will be fifty years since I first worked on a small wind project….
October 27, 2024
Stay Up to Date on AgWind Initiative
DWEA’s AgWind initiative, jointly funded by DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) and USDA, is making strides in highlighting distributed wind (DW) for rural…
October 25, 2024
Fall 2024 Peer-Learning Cohort Applications are Open!
Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) offers peer-learning cohorts to advance local clean energy goals. Peer-learning cohorts are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and…
October 22, 2024
OCED Plans to Fund $400 million of Clean Energy Projects in Rural America
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) recently issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for up to $400 million to…
October 18, 2024
Distributed Wind Smart Supports Local Clean Energy Deployment
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) today launched Energy Ready, a new integrated effort funded by the U.S. Department…
October 15, 2024
2024 Distributed Wind Energy Summit Recap
The virtual Distributed Wind Energy Summit, hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on Sept. 18, brought together more than 125 individuals to learn, discuss,…
October 12, 2024
Legislative Roundup October 2024
By Lloyd Ritter, DWEA Policy Director We are hard at work on policy and advocacy as always, but happy to have a long Congressional recess…
October 10, 2024
Accelerating Distributed Wind Converter Interconnection Rates By Automating UL 1741 SB Certification Testing
The Windurance 90 kW Inverter at Sandia National Laboratories undergoing UL 1741 SB experimentation. Photo Credit: Jay Johnson. By Jay Johnson, DER Security Corp; Rachid…
October 7, 2024
President’s Message October
By Michael Bergey, DWEA President The way I see it, the outcome of the elections on Nov. 5th will be hugely impactful for the U.S….