Distributed Wind

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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.

532 results found
Filters applied: IA, MT
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
Iowa State University IA 2012 100.00 100.00 [1] Northern Power Systems / NPS 100B-21 Pure Energy of Ohio /
J & S Quality Pork Tama IA 2011 30.00 30.00 [1] Aerostar /
John Deere Dallas IA 2011 50.00 50.00 [1] Endurance Wind Power / AEM / E-3120 All Energy Management
John Deere Dealership Tama IA 2016 100.00 50.00 [2] Endurance Wind Power / E-3120 Van Wall Energy
Junction Hilltop Wind Greene IA 2012 8,000.00 1,600.00 [5] GE Renewable Energy / 1.6-82.5 Tom Wind, Bill Sutton Community / Interstate Power & Light Company
Kenneth, Bruce IA 2012
Kirkwood Community College Linn IA 2012 2,500.00 2,500.00 [1] Clipper / C-96 Kirkwood Community College Kirkwood Community College / Interstate Power & Light Company
KRB Pork, INC. Lyon IA 2011 11.00 11.00 [1] Gaia-Wind / CB Wind
Kuhn Floyd IA 2009 33.00 33.00 [1] NextGen 12.5 / WERC
Landusky Wind Energy Project Phillips MT 2012 225.00 225.00 [1] FreeBreeze Energy Systems Ltd. / / Spectrum Engineering for the Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Lenox Municipal Utilities Taylor IA 2003 750.00 750.00 [1] NEG Micon / Tom Wind Lenox Municipal Utilities / Lenox Municipal Utilities
Little Cedar Mitchell IA 2011 1,500.00 1,500.00 [1] Goldwind / GW82/1500 Paul Roeder Buffalo Center Wind LLC / Dairyland Power Cooperative
Luther College Wind Turbine Winneshiek IA 2011 1,600.00 1,600.00 [1] GE Renewable Energy / 1.6-82.5 Luther College Luther College Wind Energy Project, LLC / Interstate Power & Light Company
Lutheran Church of Hope Polk IA 2009 1.20 1.20 [1] Windspire / Renewable Energy Concepts
M&D Partnership C/O Mark Nelson IA 2012
Maharishi University of Management IA 2012 10.00 10.00 [1] Bergey WindPower / Excel 10 Ideal Energy, Inc. Maharishi Uni. Mangmnt -SLC /
Maharishi Vedic City Jefferson IA 2006 35.00 35.00 [1] Vestas / V15 Wind Energy Booster, Inc
Martinsdale Hutterite Colony Wind Farm Meagher MT 2007 2,000.00 250.00 [8] Nordtank / Two Dot Wind LLC Martinsdale Hutterite Colony / Martinsdale Hutterite Colony
Mason City Red Power IA 2012 50.00 50.00 [1] Endurance Wind Power / E-3120 Van Wall Energy Mason City Red Power /
Mason City Wind 1 Cerro Gordo IA 2020 2,300.00 2,300.00 [1] GE Renewable Energy / 2.3-116 Con Edison Development Con Edison Development /

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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.

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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.