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.

2831 results found
Project Name 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
North Newton School Corporation Newton IN 2012 900.00 900.00 [1] PowerWind / PW-56 Performance Services North Newton School Corporation / North Newton School Corporation
North Quincy Street Elementary School MA 0.40
North Wilkes Middle School NC 2011 1.80 [1] / Skystream 3.7
Northamption Community College PA 2016 10.00 10.00 [1] Bergey WindPower / Excel 10 Skylands Renewable Energy, LLC
Northcentral Technical College WI 2012 20.00 20.00 [1] Renewegy / VP-20 Renewegy
Northeast Community College NE 2012 108.00 [1] Micon / Micon 108
Northeastern Arizona Technical Institute of Vocational Education (N.A.T.I.V.E) AZ 2012 2.40 2.40 [1] / Skystream 3.7
Northern Arizona University SHRM Wind Project AZ 2015 2.40 2.40 [1] Xzeres / Skystream 3.7
Northland College WI 20.00
Northumberland Middle and High School VA 2011 2.40 2.40 [1] / Skystream 3.7
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
Northwest Missouri State University MO 10.00
Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center AK 2011 2.40 2.40 [1] / Skystream 3.7 Co-located DERs (diesel)
Northwestern Area School District PA 2012 2.40 2.40 [1] Southwest Windpower / Skystream 3.7
Northwestern School Corporation Howard IN 2012 900.00 900.00 [1] PowerWind / PW-56 Performance Services Northwestern School Corporation / Northwestern School Corporation
Northwood-Kensett Community Schools Worth IA 2003 250.00 250.00 [1]
Notus Falmouth Technology Park Barnstable MA 2010 1,650.00 1,650.00 [1] Vestas / V82 Notus Clean Energy Notus Clean Energy / Notus Clean Energy
NP Power, LLC OH 2012
NREL Research Boulder CO 2011 3,000.00 3,000.00 [1] Alstom / ECO 100 NREL NREL / Public Service Company of Colorado
NREL Research Boulder CO 2011 2,000.00 2,000.00 [1] Gamesa / G97 NREL / Public Service Company of Colorado

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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.