Municipal Utilities

SIG Field Trip event- A tour of the Hull Wind turbine

Jul 22 2008 - 12:00pm - Jul 22 2008 - 3:00pm

TiE Boston and the CleanTech SIG once again present the unusual but very popular SIG Field Trip event- A tour of the Hull Wind turbine, featuring catered lunch on a YACHT as we sail to Hull!

Municipal Utility ("Muni")

A utility owned by a city to supply utility services to residents in that city. Generally, surpluses in revenues or over-expenditures are contributed to the city budget.

Worthington, MN: Community Wind Project

Missouri River Energy Services put up four turbines near Worthington, MN. 

Read more about the RiverWinds project in Worthington, MN by clicking here.

Moorhead, MN: Community Wind Project

Moorhead Public Service in Moorhead, MN has put up two utility-scale turbines, named Zephyr and Freedom.

Read more about the Capture the Wind project on the Moorhead Public Service web site

Hull, MA: Community Wind Project

Hull, Massachusetts has two utility-scale turbines. The second was installed largely because the first one was so successful.

Read more about the Hull turbines on the Hull Wind web site

Traverse City, MI: Community Wind Project

Traverse City, Michigan was the first municipal utility in the state to install a utility scale turbine in 1996.

Algona, IA: Iowa Distributed Wind Generation Project

There are three turbines in Algona, Iowa owned by a consortium of municipal utilities.

Read about this community wind project in an AWEA news release and on the Algona Municipal Utilities web site.

Lamar, CO: Community Wind Project

The City of Lamar Light and Power in Lamar, Colorado partnered with a large wind developer to put together their community wind project.

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