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Distributed Wind Project Database

The PNNL research team continually collects cost, incentive, generation, and customer data from turbine manufacturers, operations and maintenance providers, state and federal agencies, and other stakeholders for distributed wind projects installed in the United States. These data are critical for identifying trends and opportunities for growth, as well as prioritizing investments for both the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and industry stakeholders. Making this information available allows interested parties to better understand distributed wind market trends and characteristics. Additional information can be found on PNNL's distributed wind research webpage.

A selection of the characteristics tracked for each project in the dataset is displayed below. This table may be searched, filtered, or sorted to quickly identify projects based on their location, year online, project capacity, turbine capacity, turbine manufacturer & model, installer or developer, owner, or power purchaser. The visual table display also notes whether or not the wind turbines are integrated with other distributed energy resources as part of a hybrid project.

For a tutorial on how to use the database, please watch this demonstration video.

367 results found
Filters applied: AK, MN
Project Name Sort descending County State Year Online Project Capacity (kW) Turbine Nominal Capacity (kW) [Units] Turbine Manufacturer / Model Name Hybrid Type (Other DERs) Installer or Developer Owner / Power Purchaser
Nikolski AK 2011 65.00 65.00 [1] Vestas / V15
Nobles Cooperative Electric Jackson MN 2008 2,100.00 2,100.00 [1] Suzlon / Nobles Cooperative Electric Nobles Cooperative Electric / Nobles Cooperative Electric
Nome Newton Peak AK 2013 1,800.00 900.00 [2] EWT Americas / 54-900 Hybrid Power System (diesel) Alaska Energy Authority, Nome Joint Utility Systems Nome Joint Utility Systems / Nome Joint Utility Systems
Nora Unitarian Church Brown MN 2011 20.00 20.00 [1] WTIC / Jacobs 31-20
Northwest Arctic Borough AK 2015 100.00 100.00 [1] Northern Power Systems / NPS 100B-24 Arctic Hybrid Power System (solar PV, storage) STG Incorporated Northwest Arctic Borough / Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center AK 2011 2.40 2.40 [1] / Skystream 3.7 Co-located DERs (diesel)
Orvik Farm Enterprises, LLP MN 2012 39.50 39.50 [1] Polaris America /
P & D Storage, LLC MN 2012
Park Rapids School District MN 20.00 20.00 [1] WTIC / Jacobs 31-20
Pipestone School District Pipestone MN 2003 750.00 750.00 [1] NEG Micon / NM750 Juhl Energy Pipestone School District /
Polaris Retro-fits MN 2014 375.00 25.00 [15] Dakota Turbines / DT-25 ES WindGroup Multiple /
Poplar Creek Energy, LLC MN 2012 25.00 25.00 [1] Dakota Turbines / DT-25
Possin Organics, LLC MN 2014 39.90 39.90 [1]
Prairieland Pork Inc. MN 2015 30.00 30.00 [1]
Proctor Public Schools MN 2006 20.00 20.00 [1] WTIC / Jacobs 31-20
Pure Bliss Ranch MN 10.00 10.00 [1] Bergey WindPower / Excel 10 Alternative Energy Services
Quinhagak Bethel AK 2010 300.00 100.00 [3] Northern Power Systems / NPS 100B-24 Arctic STG Incorporated Quinahagek / Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC)
Red Lake Falls Community Hybrid Red Lake MN 2020 4,600.00 2,300.00 [2] GE Renewable Energy / 2.3-116 Hybrid Power Plant (solar PV) Con Edison Development Con Edison Development /
Redwood Falls Redwood MN 2005 3,300.00 1,650.00 [2] Vestas / V82 Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency / Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
REG Juhl Glenville Wind Project Freeborn MN 2020 2,500.00 2,500.00 [1] GE Renewable Energy / 2.5-116 Juhl Energy Juhl Energy /

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In addition to the fields shown in the visual display table, the full dataset includes (as applicable and when available) each project’s interconnection type, customer type, tower type and height, annual energy generation value(s), incentive payment(s), estimated installed cost, U.S. Energy Information Administration plant identification number, U.S. Wind Turbine Database case identification number, and other characteristics.

To download the full dataset as an Excel spreadsheet, you must register a name and validated email address.

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Please note that the dataset is not complete or perfect and we welcome your input. There may be duplicate entries and there are many incomplete entries. If you have information to share that would improve this dataset, including new or missing projects, or additional information on existing projects, please contact PNNL with this email link.

Rural Electric Cooperatives

Thank you to our collaboration partner, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's RADWIND Project team, for their instrumental role in and funding for the development of this dataset display. The full, downloadable dataset includes the owner, interconnecting utility, and power purchaser for each project (as applicable and when available). This will allow cooperatives to identify distributed wind projects in cooperative territories and whether the projects are cooperative-owned, consumer-member owned, or if the energy is purchased by a cooperative.