Juhl Wind, Inc., the leader in Community Wind Power, today announced that the US Treasury Department has awarded $1,413,000 in US Stimulus Grant Funds for the construction of the Winona County Wind Project in Minnesota. The project was completed and started operating in the fourth quarter of 2011. Juhl Wind has completed six wind farm projects during the last two years worth over $150 million in project development.
“The U.S. Stimulus program has provided very important support for the continuing growth of our Community Wind projects throughout the Midwestern United States. Community-owned wind farms not only deliver a totally clean and low-cost energy resource, but also help truly secure our U.S. energy future by keeping the ownership of this resource in the hands of American farmers and landowners. To us at
Juhl Wind, this seems like the right place for our tax dollars to be put to work. As a result of this program, we have been able to get our community wind projects financed in the face of a very difficult recession, creating tangible short and long-term economic development in the heart of rural America. Accordingly, we are pleased to have created construction jobs and permanent work while at the same time helping to secure our energy future,” said Dan Juhl, Chairman and CEO of Juhl Wind, Inc in a press statement.
This project utilizes leading technology as it is one of the first wind farm project’s in North America’s to use two Unison, direct- drive wind turbine generators. Juhl Energy Development, Inc., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Juhl Wind Inc., with initial project participation by the Winona County Economic Development Authority, developed and constructed this project.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was intended to create jobs and help expand the economy. As a major part of it, the Energy Secretary announced a plan to spend more than $1 billion on awards to companies committed to investing in domestic renewable energy production. The Recovery Act provides cash assistance to energy producers in place of tax credits. The payments are intended to improve project viability, enable companies to create and retain jobs, and establish sufficient financing bases for projects that might otherwise not be possible to expand the development of renewable energy projects throughout the country.
For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.juhlwind.com
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