The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) works to further the development of wind energy as a reliable energy alternative. Its site offers an extensive publications catalog, a FAQ, and articles from the Wind Energy Weekly newsletter.
AWEA members on the World Wide Web include:
Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie (en francais). ADEME, the French agency for energy efficiency and the environment, is a state body acting for energy conservation, promotion of renewable energy resources, and the protection of the environment.
Arcadia Wind Power Ltd. provides financing for domestic and overseas wind projects. Arcadia offers a spectrum of services: feasibility analysis, due-diligence investigations, and risk analysis; contacting and educating potential equity and debt investors; structuring, marketing, and funding the investment entity. E-mail address: [email protected].
Bay Winds is an authorized dealer for the Jacobs wind turbines built by Wind Turbine Industries, of Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Bergey Windpower manufactures small wind systems for a variety of applications, including distributed generation (home or farm), telecommunications, village power and water pumping. Sizes range from 2.4-m to 7-m rotor diameters with power ratings from 0.85 kW to 10 kW. Complete installation and training services available.
Brower & Co.: Formed in 1994, Brower and Company, led by Dr. Michael C. Brower, conducts research on a wide variety of energy and environmental issues with the aim of furthering the sustainable use of natural resources. Brower & Company's activities focus on three main areas: renewable energy and electric utilities, wind mapping and GIS, and population, consumption, and natural resources.
Cannon Energy Corporation is a successful energy developer, project manager, service provider, and turbine manufacturer. More than 700 turbines are operating at the company's wind plant in Tehachapi, California.
Dynapower is a manufacturer of custom power electronics, including inverter/converter systems. The company has more than 30 years of power conversion experience for utility-related applications. Products feature high-efficiency ratings and load-leveling capabilities and power ranges of 10 kW to 10 MW, 480 V to 35 kV, 3-phase power.
Eugene (Ore.) Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is a municipal utility. EWEB has agreed to purchase wind-generated electricity from the Wyoming Wind Project, a 41.4-MW wind plant planned by SeaWest Power Systems.
Flender Service specializes in the sales, maintenance, repair and retrofitting of drive trains used in the wind turbine industry. Flender's personnel are familiar with all makes of wind turbine gear drives, whether theirs or that of any other gear supplier. With over 11,000 operating units, Flender Service has the experience and committment necessary to serve the customer's needs.
Howard Industries is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of distribution transformers serving the utility, contractor, and industrial markets in the U.S. and more than 45 foreign countries since 1969.
LM Glasfiber is a major supplier of rotor blades for wind turbine manufacturers worldwide. The company holds an ISO 9001 certification and has production facilities in several countries (including India, Spain, and Germany) to satisfy customers' demands for quick delivery of high-quality rotor blades worldwide. LM Glasfiber works cooperatively with customers to ensure fully customized solutions for rotor blade designs.
The Renewable Energy Policy Project: "The Renewable Energy Policy Project seeks to accelerate the use of renewable technology through policy research and advocacy. Our primary task is to help define strategies for promoting renewable energy growth that respond to competitive energy markets and environmental needs." REPP publishes a series of papers on policy issues affecting renewables.
Southwest Windpower is the world's largest producer of battery charging wind turbines. These products are ideally suited for supplying electricity in remote areas of the world. Applications include: Remote Homes & Cabins; Telecommunication Systems; Sailboats; Oil Rig Platforms; Warning Devices; Monitoring Stations; Recreation Vehicles; Cathodic Protection; Education And Rural Development Projects.
Tacke Windpower is a manufacturer of large-scale wind turbines (600 kW, 1.5 MW) for bulk electric power production. Its Web site includes a company description and several photographs of Tacke turbines in operation: "Tacke Windpower was formed in April, 1994, in Ontario, Canada, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tacke Windtechnik of Germany. In the spring of 1995 TWP moved to brand new facilities at Huron Industrial Park near London, Ontario. In these facilities TWP started in September of the same year the production of rotor blades for the popular TW 600 wind turbine. Since that time staff has grown to over 60 and two complete rotor sets are shipped each week to Tacke's world wide installations."
The Texas Department of Commerce recently named renewable energy as one of the state's five target industries and launched a campaign to accelerate the development of a strong and vibrant sustainable energy industry in the state. A variety of initiatives attract and invigorate international trade and encourage renewable energy companies to relocate or expand their operations in Texas.
Wintec Ltd. is a windfarm operator in the San Gorgonio Pass area of California and owns additional windy land suitable for development.
Wisconsin Energy, an investor-owned utility company, features an Energy for Tomorrow program which focuses on renewable energy technologies.
World Power Technologies manufactures the Whisper line of wind turbines, available in 600-W (2.1 m/7 ft. rotor), 1-kW (2.7 m/9 ft. rotor) and 3-kW (4.5 m/14.8 ft. rotor) low- and high-voltage models, with a choice of 2 or 3 blades. All models have an efficient permanent-magnet generator and a perfectly matched high performance propeller to create a reliable and affordable source of wind power for home, small farm or sailboat. Whisper wind generators can be used in remote areas and can withstand a variety of environments.
Zond Corporation: "Zond, a pioneer and leader in the wind power industry since 1980, develops, constructs, and operates utility scale wind power plants for itself, utilities, and independent power producers, and manufactures high quality, cost effective, wind turbine generators for use in its own projects and sale to others." Zond is the manufacturer of the 550-kW Z-40 wind turbine.
Adelaide University in Australia provides a brief description of vertical axis wind turbines, a wind bibliography, and some links.
ENEA - Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (in italiano).
Advanced Wind Technologies is the Australian representative for the Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey. This site offers information on the Lagerwey machines and an update on prospects for wind in "Oz."
The Alternative Energy Institute at West Texas State University, Texas, is the major information resource of wind energy for the State of Texas.
The Anthony Marmont Sustainable Energy Technology (AMSET) Centre at De Montfort University in the United Kingdom conducts wind research and wind training. Site includes information on wind turbine control systems, structural modeling, and modeling of self-sufficient communities, among other topics.
The Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) is a focal point for information about renewable energy technologies. This site, at the University of New South Wales, provides a brief overview of the Society's activities and also a nice summary of "myths about solar" (really myths about renewables).
The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) represents wind in the United Kingdom.
The California Energy Commission wind pages. Offers a brief overview of wind in California, still the world's leader in installed wind energy capacity, and the 1994 Report from the Wind Performance Reporting System (PRS) program, which tracks output of the state's windfarms.