Distributed Wind Market Report: 2023 Edition

This is an E3120 at a small farm. While Endurance is out of business, folks like Gary Harcourt and Ian Sleger of All Energy Management are busy refurbishing these machines all over the world. Location: Edgartown, Massachusetts

This Juhl project shows large wind in a distributed application. Location: Glenville, Minnesota

Bergey Excel 15 repowered a defunct Proven 15 in Blowing Rock, NC, along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

This is a cow...and an Eocycle 25 kW on a farm. Location: England

Goldwind at the Ball plant. Location: Ohio

One of two turbines owned by Gundersen Health System and Organic Valley near Cashton, Wisconsin. The electricity from this wind farm is used by homes and businesses, as well as fed into the energy grid. Gundersen and Organic Valley are paid for the energy generated.

This dairy farm in Yuma, Colorado, is an agricultural facility that utilizes two 100-kilowatt Northern Power Systems wind turbines to offset high energy demand.

The Heritage Dairy Farm in Yuma, Colorado, is an agricultural facility that features unobstructed wind and utilizes two Northern Power Systems wind turbines.

Installed in 2016, this Northern Power Systems wind turbine, located in St. Francis, Kansas, will offset energy needs for the owner’s agricultural facility.

The Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, has two 10-kilowatt turbines installed, integrated with solar panels and geothermal wells. The center produces more electricity than it uses.

The Kodiak Electric Association installed wind turbines to help meet the renewable power goals of Kodiak Island, Alaska. There are currently six 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and two 11.5-megawatt hydroelectric turbines integrated into the community’s isolated grid system.

Installed in 2008, this 900-kilowatt EWT system is located in Wray, Colorado, and offsets energy needs for the town’s school district.

The “Zephyr Wind Turbine” is named after the sports teams at Mahtomedi High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota This turbine not only produces electricity, but also serves as an educational tool for high school engineering, math, and science students.

This 10-kilowatt distributed wind system at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, was developed in partnership with the Vermont Department of Public Service. This system produces 8,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

One of two wind turbines installed at the Triad Recycling and Energy Corporation in Tonawanda, New York. The recycling center is surrounded by open spaces and unobstructed winds, making it an ideal location for a distributed wind system.

Two Northern Power Systems wind turbines were installed at the Triad Recycling and Energy Corporation in Tonawanda, New York, to cost-effectively offset the power required by energy-intensive recycling equipment.

A homeowner in York, Pennsylvania, installed a 30-kilowatt solar array and a 25-kilowatt Eocycle wind turbine in 2018.

A wind turbine installer climbs a 140-foot, 25-kilowatt Eocycle wind turbine in York, Pennsylvania, during construction in 2018.

This Weaver 5 turbine was installed at a home in New York State.

The Gob Nob wind turbine in Farmersville, Illinois is located on the former Freeman United Crown Number 1 Coal Mine.

The EWT DW54-900kW Gob Nob wind turbine in Farmersville, Illinois produced 2,173,088 kWh in 2017, which was distributed to 380 local coop member’s homes.

The town of Drummond received an Oklahoma Department of Commerce Energy Efficiency and Conservation grant to install five wind turbines next to the public school. The funding was key to the successful completion of this project.

The Drummond turbines are installed on 120-foot self-supporting towers.

Under a power purchase agreement structure, this GE 1.85-megawatt wind turbine is owned and operated by an affiliate of Foundation Windpower, LLC. The project is hosted by Scheid Fmaily Wines in Salinas Valley, California, an agricultural operation that features access to an unobstructed wind resource.

The Scheid distributed wind installation is Foundation Windpower's third Salinas Valley project.