DWEA Federal Policy Committee

The Federal Policy Committee is an open committee that deals with policy and market matters that are affected or funded by the federal government, including Congress and the administration. These areas of interest include all manner of incentives, all manner of barriers, research and development, federal DWT applications and markets, and foreign assistance.

UPDATE 4/14/2021 DWEA Distributed Wind Energy Initiative – 35GW by 2035

Screen Shot 2015-03-23 at 1.18.24 PMDWEA Distributed Wind Vision

Investment Tax Credit Extension

Community Wind Act

U.S. Fish and Wildlife

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Small Wind American Jobs Plan


U.S. Department of Energy

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Information on Purchasing Refurbished or Remanufactured Turbines

  • Renew Wisconsin Information from WindLetter
  • From Windustry:
    Remanufactured turbine buyers should beware of used, refurbished, or remanufactured machines. Even though these machines may initially be less expensive than comparable new machines, the initial savings can be negated very quickly by costly repairs from a machine that is nearing the end of its lifetime. Before purchasing a used machine read through this article by Mick Sagrillo from the November 2002 American Wind Energy Association newsletter about buying used wind equipment.
  • From Arkansas Living 2010