Main Contact for Illinois Wind Working Group

Dave Loomis, Illinois State University, dloomis@ilstu.edu, 309-438-7979
Randy Winter, Illinois State University, rwinter@ilstu.edu

Main Contact for Wisconsin Wind Workign Group

Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin, mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org.  608-255-4044

Wisconsin Wind Resources

Wisconsin Wind Map

Main Contact for Ohio Wind Working Group

Tom Maves, Ohio Energy Office, tmaves@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-8425
James Damon, Ohio Energy Office, jdamon@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-1809

Briefing reports on the feasibility of the U.S. Department of Energy report "20% Wind Energy By 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply" are now available online.

Main Contact for Ohio Wind Working Group

Tom Maves, Ohio Energy Office
tmaves@odod.state.oh.us, 614-466-8425

James Damon, Ohio Energy Office
jdamon@odod.state.oh.us, 614-466-1809

Main Contact for Indiana Wind Working Group

Paul Cummings, Indiana Office of Energy & Defense Development
pcummings@oed.in.gov 

Main Contact for Michigan Wind Working Group

John Sarver, State of Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth Energy Office, sarverj@michigan.gov, 517-241-6280

The U.S. Department of Energy released its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends: 2007 inconjunction with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. According to the report, the U.S. had the fastest-growing wind power market in the world for the third consecutive year in 2007. Go wind!

Publication by a developer/farmer/consultant on all the factors to consider and steps to take in proceeding with a community-owned renewable energy project. The paper is aimed at projects in general and is not specific to wind energy. The information is presented in more of a check-list format, rather than as explanations of each step.