wind energy founded 2003 2003 headquarters minneapolis minnesota usa website nationalwind.com national wind llc a trishe group of company is a minneapolis company founded in 2003 that is a developer of large scale community based wind energy projects . the company along with national wind assessments has 50 employees based in minneapolis mn and grand forks north dakota . national wind claims to be the nation s leading developer of community based wind farms . 1 contents 1 community based model 2 projects 3 assessment division 4 competition 5 media attention 6 references 7 external links community based model edit see also community wind energy national wind operates under a community based business model . each wind project is structured as its own limited liability company llc and is formed as a partnership between national wind and local community members and landowners . although national wind is generally the developer and manager of its wind projects it shares ownership of each project company with members of the communities where the wind farm is located . national wind highlights the benefits of the community model saying that community ownership benefits local economies along with the environment . national wind s business model differs from the structure of most other wind developers . traditionally when a company builds a wind farm they become the sole owners of the development . the owners of the land where the farm is built tend to have minimal involvement with projects developer . in the traditional model landowners do not own shares of the wind project but instead are either paid a monthly lease or given royalties from the sale of electricity . on the other hand national wind s model aims to share both revenue and influence within local communities . 2 projects edit national wind develops and manages wind farms that produce at minimum 50 megawatts of renewable energy . most of the company s developments are located in the midwestern united states in iowa minnesota north dakota south dakota colorado and ohio . currently national wind has twelve families of utility scale wind projects in development or operation . emmet county energy llc northstar wind farms formed in 2005 so called northstar wind project is a 250 megawatt development . the development is located in emmet county and dickinson county in iowa . the acquisition of a right of way for a short transmission line to connect the project with the grid in jackson minnesota has been completed . 3 m power llc formed in 2006 m power is a 169.5 megawatt family of projects located in griggs county and steele county north dakota . m power is north dakota s largest community owned wind energy development to date . national wind completed its involvement in april 2009 and is no longer associated with m power . 4 high country energy llc formed in 2007 high country energy is a 300 megawatt project located in dodge county and olmsted county minnesota . 5 jeffers wind energy center located in cottonwood county minnesota construction of the first 50 megawatt phase was completed in 2008 and turbines are generating electricity . national wind no longer retains an ownership interest in the jeffers project . dakota wind energy llc also formed in 2007 dakota wind energy is national wind s largest planned development . the project located in south dakota it the state s first large scale community wind project at 750 megawatts . 6 root river energy llc formed in 2008 root river energy is a 300 megawatt family of developments in fillmore county minnesota . lake country wind energy a 340 megawatt family of wind projects formed in 2008 in meeker county and kandiyohi county minnesota . 7 neco wind colorado s largest community wind development neco wind is developing 650 mw of wind energy in northeast colorado in sedgwick county phillips county and logan county . goodhue wind the 78 megawatt community wind project is being developed by national wind in goodhue county minnesota . 8 red rock wind energy many of the community members involved in emmet county energy decided to capture more of the potential wind energy in emmet county and dickinson county and formed red rock wind energy in 2008 to develop another 300 mw of wind energy in the two iowa counties . little rock wind a 150 megawatt family of community wind projects in big stone county minnesota . 9 northwest ohio wind energy northwest ohio wind energy formed in early 2009 after a local community group previously organized as ohio wind energy llc partnered with national wind to develop 300 mw of community based wind in paulding county and van wert county in northwest ohio . norfolk wind energy farmers in renville county minnesota partnered with national wind in early 2009 to develop 40 megawatts or more of community based wind energy . assessment division edit national wind assessments a subdivision of national wind llc specializes in the planning permitting and overall design of wind farms . based in north dakota the assessment team analyzes potential wind farm sites using met tower installation wind data acquisition and environmental impact studies . 10 competition edit the demand for sustainable energy sources continues to bolster america s wind energy industry . as more and more companies begin to develop wind farms competition amongst industry leaders remains strong . although national wind claims to be the dominant community based wind energy developer it also faces competition from wind companies who follow a non community business model . its primary competitors include florida power and light company enxco invenergy llc and ecoenergy llc . media attention edit over the last few years national wind has garnered attention from a variety of local and national media outlets . on february 22 2008 minnesota s largest newspaper the star tribune featured national wind on the cover of the business section . 11 national wind has also been featured in twin cities business 12 the lincoln star and various other local publications . ceo leon steinberg representing one america s leading wind energy developers was also cited in a july 2008 us news and world report article on the importance of the federal production tax credit for the growing industry . 13 references edit wind power project models . national wind llc . retrieved 2008 07 13 . houghton dean february 2008 . community property pdf . the furrow . national wind llc . retrieved 2008 07 13 . http www.eqb.state.mn.us project.html id 19789 northstar wind transmission line national wind expands on two fronts . renewable energy world . 2007 10 12 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . landowner joins advisory board of high country energy . north american windpower . 2007 11 15 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . south dakota community owned wind project proposed . north american windpower . 2008 01 21 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . optimism for wind energy plan goodhue wind to develop 78 mw community wind project little rock wind to develop utility scale community wind farms about us . national wind assessment . archived from the original on 2008 07 12 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . lee thomas 2008 02 22 . rural wind power shifts direction . star tribune minneapolis . retrieved 2008 07 13 . howard fran june 2007 . rising wind pdf . twin cities business . retrieved 2008 07 13 . garber kent 2008 07 28 . congress blows hot and cold over tax breaks for wind energy . us news and world report . retrieved 2008 08 01 . external links edit national wind website national wind assessments v t e wind power in the united states american wind energy association nasa wind turbines united states wind energy policy wind farms in the us offshore wind farms in the us wind powering america wind power by state alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york 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