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Community Wind Power with Clean Technica

Mar 08, 2012

I just had a nice little chat with the CEO of a wind power company that I think most of our readers would be a fan of the company. OwnEnergy, is focused on “community wind power projects” in the U.S.

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OwnEnergy CEO Jacob Susman on RPS, incentives, community wind with SNL Energy

Mar 05, 2012

OwnEnergy Inc. founder and CEO Jacob Susman is leading a push to extend the federal investment tax credit to wind projects of up to 20 MW. Susman left Wall Street and founded wind company OwnEnergy in 2007, which partners with landowners and local developers to pursue renewable energy projects. Three projects totaling more than 100 MW are scheduled to enter the construction phase in 2012.

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GE Courts Turbine Customers for Solar Before Wind 'Crash' - Bloomberg

Jan 30, 2012

General Electric Co. (GE) is trying to convince developers that have bought its wind turbines to double
down on clean energy by purchasing its solar panels as well, said Vic Abate, who runs the company’s
renewables unit.

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EverPower and OwnEnergy, Leaders in Wind Energy, Join Forces with Pennsylvania Community to Build Local Wind Farm

Dec 19, 2011

Pittsburgh, December 20, 2011 - EverPower Wind Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Terra Firma, a leading private equity firm, and OwnEnergy, the leader in Community Wind, announced today that they have closed a transaction where EverPower will acquire and construct Patton Wind Farm, LLC. This is a project that OwnEnergy has been developing from inception with its local landowner partner.

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OwnEnergy and Local Equity Partner Sell Wind Farm That Will Provide Clean Energy to OG&E and OSU

Dec 07, 2011

New York, December 7 – OwnEnergy, the leader in Community Wind announced today that it has closed a transaction in Kay County, OK where NextEra Energy Resources will acquire, construct and operate the Blackwell Wind Farm. Blackwell is a project that OwnEnergy has been developing from inception alongside its local landowner partners.

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Sens. Franken, Tester Introduce Legislation to Promote Community Wind Projects

Oct 21, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. [10/21/11]—Yesterday, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced legislation that would promote the local production of wind energy by providing tax credits to more community wind projects across the country.

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What's community wind got over those mega farms? By Robert Crowell - WindPower Engineering

Oct 03, 2011

Community wind refers to 100-kW to 100-MW projects owned in part by local community members, often land owners of the site. Though community wind represents only 4% of the overall wind market, it’s the fastest growing segment of the industry. The community-wind development model has several benefits over traditional absentee-owned mega farms.

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Community Wind: Small Now, But Growing- By Herman K Trabish (featuring Ray Henger) for Greentechmedia

Sep 06, 2011

Can community wind prevent the industry from sliding into stalemate? Community Wind: Small Now, But Growing

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NorthWestern Energy Signs Agreement with OwnEnergy for Montana Community Wind Farm

Sep 01, 2011

Butte, MT – September 1, 2011 – NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE), and OwnEnergy, Inc., a developer of Community Wind projects, today announced that they have signed a 25-year Qualifying Facility Agreement, for the 9.7 megawatt Two Dot Wind Farm. The project is located in Wheatland County, near the town of Two Dot, about 90 miles NW of Billings.

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Building a Community Wind Project: A Landowner's Perspective - By John Hall, OE local partner, for Renewable Energy World

Aug 25, 2011

My family has been on our land for 77 years – my dad rented it, and eventually my brother David and I bought it along with some surrounding land. Besides farming, we've been in the commercial fertilizing and spraying business for 30 years and have spent many, many hours sitting around waiting for the wind to die down so that we could spray.