General Information |
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
122 C Street, NW, Suite 380
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 383-2500
Fax: (202) 383-2505
E-mail: windmail@awea.org
Web site: http://www.awea.org
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U.S. Department of Energy
Wind Powering America Initiative
Phone: (303) 384-6910
Contact: Lawrence Flowers (NREL)
E-mail: lawrence_flowers@nrel.gov
Web site: http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/
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U.S. Department of Energy
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and
National Wind Technology Center (NWTC)
1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, CO 80401-3393
Phones: (303) 275-3000 (303) 384-6922
Fax: (303) 384-7097
Contact: Robert Thresher
E-mail: robert_thresher@nrel.gov
Web site: http://www.nrel.gov/wind
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U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585
Phone: (202) 586-9220
Fax: (202) 586-9260
Web site: http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/wind.html |
Kern Wind Energy Association (KWEA)
P.O Box 277, Tehachapi, CA 93581
Phone: (661) 822-7956
Fax: (661) 331-3868
E-mail: kweawhite@aol.com |
National Wind Coordinating Committee
c/o Resolve
1255 23d Street, NW, Suite 275
Washington, D.C. 20037
Phones: (888) 764-WIND (202) 965-6398
Fax: (202) 338-1264
E-mail: nwcc@resolv.org
Web site: http://www.nationalwind.org |
Utility Wind Interest Group (UWIG)
2111 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 323
Arlington, VA 22201-3001
Phone: (703) 351-4492 ext 121
Fax: (703) 351-4495
E-mail: karenl@electrotek.com
Web site: http://www.uwig.org |
Wind and Renewable Energy |
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Center for Energy Efficiency Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
1100 Eleventh Street, Suite 311
Sacramento CA 95814
Phone: (916) 442-7785
Fax: (916) 447-2940
E-mail: info@ceert.org
Web site: http://www.ceert.org |
Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ME3)
Minnesota Building, Suite 600
46 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 225-0878
Fax: (651) 225-0870
E-mail: info@me3.org
Web site: http://www.me3.org |
Center for Renewable Energy and
Sustainable Technology/Renewable
Energy Policy Project (CREST/REPP)
REPP: 1612 K Street, NW, Suite 202,
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: (202) 293-2898
Fax: (202) 293-5857
Contact: Mary Kathryn Campbell
E-mail: mkcampbell@repp.org
REPP Web site: http://www.repp.org
CREST Web site: http://www.crest.org |
Renewable Northwest Project (RNP)
917 SW Oak Street, Suite 303
Portland, OR 97205-2214
Phone: (503) 223-4544
Fax: (503) 223-4554
E-mail: renewables@rnp.org
Web site: http://www.rnp.org |
Western Resources Advocates
(formerly Land and Water Fund)
2260 Baseline Rd., Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: (303) 444-1188
Fax: (303) 786-8054
E-mail: info@westernresources.org
Web site: http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org/ |
Texas Renewable Energy Industries
Association (TREIA)
P.O. Box 16469
Austin, TX 78761-6469
Phone: (512) 345-5446
Fax: (512) 345-6831
Contact: Russel Smith
E-mail: r1346@aol.com
Web site: http://www.treia.org |
| Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
2 Brattle Square
Cambridge, MA 02238
Phone: (617) 547-5552
Fax: (617) 864-9405
E-mail: ucs@ucsusa.org
Web site: http://www.ucsusa.org |
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-5512
Phone: (800) 555-7794 (916) 654-4058
E-mail: renewable@energy.state.ca.us
Web site: http://www.energy.ca.gov/renewables/ |
University Programs &
Research Institutes |
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University of Alaska
Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 756180,
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6180
Phone: (907) 474-7201
Fax: (907) 474-5139
Contact: Richard Seifert
E-mail: ffrds@uaf.edu
Web site: http://www.uaf.edu/ces/
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University of Arizona
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
1130 N. Mountain, P.O. Box 210119
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 621-2235
Fax: (520) 621-8191
Contact: Linda Sulvaine
Web site: http://www.ame.arizona.edu |
Center for Renewable Energy Systems
Technology (UK)
AMREL Building, Loughborough University
LE 11 3 TU U.K.
Phone: 44-1509-223466
Fax: 44-1509-610031
Contact: Dr. Julian Feuchtwang
E-mail: j.b.feuchtwang@lboro.ac.uk
Web site: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/crest |
Delft University of Technology
Wind Energy Section, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Stevinweg 1
2628 CN Delft
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (15) 278 5170
Fax: +31 (15) 278 5347
E-mail: windenergy@citg.tudelft.nl
Web site:
http://www.windenergy.citg.tudelft.nl/home/flash/index.html
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Deutsches Windenergie Institut (DEWI)
(German Wind Energy Institute)
Ebertstrasse 96, D-26382 Wilhelmshaven
Phone: 49-0-4421-4808-0
Fax: 49-0-4421-4808-43
E-mail: dewi@dewi.de
Web site (includes English): http://www.dewi.de |
Universidad Federal do Para
P.O. Box 8619, Ag. Nucleo Unversitario,
Belem, Para, 66075-900, Brazil
Phone: +55 912 111 299
Fax: +55 912 111 299
Contact: Dr. Joao Tavares Pinho
E-mail: jtpinho@guama.cpgee.ufpa.br |
Grinnell College
Dean and V.P. for Academic Affairs,
Nollen House, Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA 50112-0806
Phone: (641) 269-3100
Fax: (641) 269-4284
Contact: Jim Swartz
E-mail: swartz@grinnell.edu |
Iowa State University
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
404 Town Engineering Building,
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-6796/9647
Fax: (515) 294-3262
Contact: R Ganesh Rajagopalan
E-mail: rajagopa@iastate.edu
Web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~winden/ |
Istanbul Technical University
Faculty of Aeronautics/Astronautics
Maslak, Istanbul, 80626, Turkey
Phone: +011 (90) 21 22 853 124
Fax: +011 (90) 21 22 852 926
Contact: Dr. Suleyman Tolun
E-mail: tolun@itu.edu.tr |
Meteorological Standards Institute
P.O. Box 26, Fox Island, WA 98333
Phone: (253) 549-2179
Fax: (253) 549-4082
Contact: Thomas J. Lockhart, President
E-mail: lockhart@harbornet.com |
University of Massachusetts
Renewable Energy Research Laboratory
College of Engineering, E Lab Building
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: (413) 545-4359
Fax: (413) 545-1027
Contact: Dr. James Manwell
E-mail: manwell@ecs.umass.edu
Web site: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/labs/rerl |
Montana State University
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Wind Energy Program,
302 Cobleigh Hall
P.O. Box 173920
Bozeman, MT 59717-3920
Phone: (406) 994-4543
Fax: (406) 994-5308
Contact: Prof. John Mandell
E-mail: johnm@coe.montana.edu |
University of Nebraska
School of Natural Resource Sciences,
High Plains Climate Center,
830728 L.W. Chase Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0728
Phone: (402) 472-6706
Fax: (402) 472-6614
Web site: http://hpccsun.unl.edu/wind/ |
New Mexico State University
Southwest Technology Development Institute
Department 3 SOL, Box 30001,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
Phone: (505) 646-1450
Fax: (505) 646-3841
Contact: Robert Foster, Project Engineer
E-mail: rfoster@nmsu.edu |
North Dakota Geographic Alliance
Minot State University
500 University Avenue West,
Minot, ND 58707
Phone: (701) 858-3063
Fax: (701) 858-3165
Contact: Dr. Eric Clausen
E-mail: clausen@warp6.cs.misu.nodak.edu |
University of North Dakota
Energy and Environmental Research Center
P.O. Box 9018, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9018
Phones: (701) 777-5000/5293
Fax: (701) 777-5181
Contact: Bradley G. Stevens
E-mail: bstevens@undeerc.org
Web site: http://www.eerc.und.nodak.edu/ |
Ohio State University
Aeronautical & Astronautical Research
Laboratory, 2300 W. Case Road,
Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: (614) 292-5507
Fax: (614) 292-5552
Contact: Professor Gerald M. Gregorek
E-mail: gregorek.1@osu.edu
Web site: http://www.aerospace.ohio-state.edu/research/aarl.html |
Oregon State University
Wind Research Cooperative
Mechanical Engineering Department,
Corvallis, OR 97331-6001
Phone: (541) 737-2027
Fax: (541) 737-2600
Contact: Stel N. Walker
E-mail: walkerst@engr.orst.edu
Web site: http://www.me.orst.edu/WRC/index.html |
Risoe National Laboratory
Wind Energy & Atmospheric Physics Dept
Frederiksborgvej 399, Build. 125,
P.O. Box 49, DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Phone: 45-4677 5000
Fax: 45-4677 5970
E-mail: vea@risoe.dk
Web site: http://www.risoe.dk/ (in
English) |
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Energy Research Unit
Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire
UK OX11 0QX
Phone: 44 1235 445559
Fax: 44 1235 446863
Contact: Dr. Jim Halliday
E-mail: J.A.Halliday@rl.ac.uk
Web site: http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk |
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1380
Phones: (505) 844-4902 (505) 843-4164
Fax: (505) 845-9500
Web site: http://www.sandia.gov/wind |
University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Industrial Engineering,
College of Engineering
El Paso, TX 79968
Phone: (915) 747-5450
Contact: Rafael S. Gutierrez
Program Head
Web site: http://www.utep.edu/ |
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
P.O. Drawer 10
Bushland, TX 79012
Phone: (806) 356-5734
Fax: (806) 356-5750
Contact: Nolan Clark
E-mail: rnclark@cprl.ars.usda.gov |
University of Utah
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
3209 Merrill Engineering Building,
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: (801) 581-4145
Fax: (801) 581-8692
Contact: Craig Hansen
E-mail: hansen@me.mech.utah.edu
Web site: http://www.mech.utah.edu/ |
Washington and Lee University
Department of Physics and Engineering,
109 Parmly Hall, Lexington, VA 24450
Phone: (540) 458-8882
Fax: (540) 458-8884
Contact: Dr. Kenneth Van Ness
E-mail: vannessk@wlu.edu
Web site: http://www.wlu.edu/ |
West Texas A&M University
Alternative Energy Institute
2402 4th Avenue WTAMU, Box 248
Canyon, TX 79016
Phone: (806) 651-2295
Fax: (806) 651-2733
E-mail: aeimail@mail.wtamu.edu
Web site: http://www.wtamu.edu/research/aei/
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International Wind Energy
Associations |
Agence de l'Environnement et de la
Maitrise de l'Energie (ADEME)
27, rue Louis Vicat, F-75737
Paris Cedex 15, France
Phone: +33 01 47 65 2000
Fax: +33 01 46 45 5236
Web site: http://www.ademe.fr/ |
Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA)
GPO Box 4499
Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia
Phone: +61 3 9663 2323
Fax: +61 3 9663 2040
E-mail: info@auswea.com.au
Web site: http://www.auswea.com.au/ |
British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)
26 Spring Street, London, W2 1JA, UK
Phone: +44 020 7402 7102
Fax: +44 020 7402 7107
E-mail: info@bwea.com
Web site: http://www.bwea.com |
Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE)
German Wind Energy Association
Herrenteichsstrasse 1,
49074 Osnabrueck, Germany
Phone: +49 541 35060-0
Fax: +49 541 35060-30
E-mail: bwe-osnabrueck@wind-energie.de
Web site: http://www.wind-energie.de
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Canadian Wind Energy Association /
L'association canadienne d'énergie éolienne (CanWEA)
3553-31 Street NW, Suite 100
Calgary, Alberta T2L 2K7, Canada
Phones: 1-800-9CANWEA
(1-800-922-6932)
(01) (403) 851-0836
Fax: (01) (403) 851 0834
E-mail: contact@canwea.ca
Web site: http://www.canwea.ca |
Danish Wind Industry Association
Vester Voldgade 106, DK 1552
Copenhagen V, Denmark
Phone: +45 33 73 0330
Fax: +45 33 73 0333
E-mail: danish@windpower.dk
Web site: http://www.windpower.dk |
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
Rue du Trone 26
B-1000 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 546 1940
Fax: +32 2 546 1944
E-mail: ewea@ewea.org
Web site: http://www.ewea.org |
Finnish Wind Power Association
Suomen Tuulivoimayhdistys ry
PL 846, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 040 771-6114
Fax: +358 09 1929 4129
E-mail: tuuli@tuulivoimayhdistys.fi
Web site (in Finnish and English): http://www.tuulivoimayhdistys.fi |
France Energie Eolienne
c/o EAF Centre d'Affaires La Boursidiere
BP 48 92357 Le Plessis Robinson, France
E-mail: info@fee.asso.fr
Web site: http://www.fee.asso.fr/
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Hellenic Wind Energy Association
19th klm. Marathonos Ave.
190 09 Pikermi, Athens
Phone: +30 1 603-9900
Fax: +30 1 603-9905
E-mail: dounaki@cres.gr |
Indian Wind Energy Association
Mahaveer Apartments, ,4A/S-11 East
Coast Road, TIRUVANMIYUR,
CHENNAI, India 600 041
Phone: (091)(044) 24410333
Fax: (091)(044) 24402537
Mobile : 98400 56641
E-mail: secretary@indianwindpower.com
Web site: http://www.indianwindpower.com |
Irish Wind Energy Association
Arigna
Carrick on Shannon
County Roscommon
Ireland
Phone: 00353 (0) 71 964-6072
Fax: 00353 (0)71 964-6080
E-mail: office@iwea.com
Web site: http://www.iwea.com/ |
Japanese Wind Energy Association
c/o Japan Science Foundation
2-1 Kitanomaru-koen Chiyodaku
Tokyo, Japan
Phone: +81 33212 8487
Fax: + 81 33212 0014
E-mail: jwea@jsf.or.jp
Web site (in
Japanese): http://ppd.jsf.or.jp/shinko/jwea |
South African Wind Energy Association
(SAWEA)
P.O. Box 13,
Darling, 7345, South Africa
Phone & Fax: +27 22 492 2806
E-mail: sawea@icon.co.za
Web site: http://sawea.www.icon.co.za
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New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA)
P.O. Box 553, Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 586-2003
Fax: +64 4 586-2004
Email: info@windenergy.org.nz
Web site: http://www.windenergy.org.nz |
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Additional Web Sites |
State-by-State Information: |
A listing of state and local sites: http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/wind-state.html |
Your region and state's wind energy potential: http://www.nrel.gov/wind/ |
"Database of state incentives for renewable energy": http://www.dsireusa.org/ |
"Your state's energy profile": http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states/_states.html |
"Deregulation in your state": http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/restructure.html
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"Pollution in your state": http://www.scorecard.org |
Wind Resources: |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Wind Resource Atlas of
the United States: http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/ |
Wind in Illinois: http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/astate_template.asp |
Wind in Minnesota: Wind maps are available at: http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?id=-536881350&subchannel=-536881511&sc2=null&sc3=null&contentid=536887066&contenttype=EDITORIAL&programid=536885398&agency=Commerce.
An at-a-glance map is also available at: http://www.mda.state.mn.us/crp/wind.htm. |
Wind in Oklahoma: Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative http://www.seic.okstate.edu/owpi/ |
Wind in the Northwest: http://www.windmap.org/default.asp |
National Climatic Data Center: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov |
Renewable Energy: |
REASN (new, comprehensive interactive Web site on renewable energy
maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Renewable Energy
Analysis Studies Network): http://www.nrel.gov/reasn |
Climate Change: |
Climate change links portal: http://www.climateark.org/ |
Searchable Directory of Wind and Renewable Energy Companies and Products
Worldwide: |
"The Source for Renewable Energy" http://energy.sourceguides.com/index.shtml |
Project evaluation software: |
An evaluation tool developed by the Department of Natural Resources
of Canada: http://cetc-varennes.nrcan.gc.ca/ |
Green Power: |
Green Power Network: The most comprehensive site on green power
in the U.S., maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
for the U.S. Department of Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower.
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Rating organizations: |
Center for Resource Solutions Green-E, Presidio Building 49,
Moraga Avenue, P.O Box 29512, San Francisco. CA 94129. Phone: (888) 634-7336
Fax: (415) 561-2105 Web site: http://www.green-e.org/ |
Environmental Resources Trust, 1700 K Street, NW, Suite 703,
Washington, D.C. 20006. Phone: (202) 785-8577 E-mail: info@ert.net
Web site: http://www.ert.net/ |
Power Scorecard: Rating mechanism that assesses the environmental
impact of different types of electric generation. http://www.powerscorecard.org.
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Regional green power promotion: |
Interstate Renewable Energy Council: IREC's mission is to accelerate
the sustainable utilization of renewable energy in and through state and
local government and community activities. http://www.irecusa.org. |
American Green Network: Sustainable energy advocacy organization
dedicated to promoting America's cleanest energy choices. http://www.green.org. |
Georgians for Clean Energy: Public education, legislative advocacy,
and constituency building. http://www.cleanenergy.org. |
Montana Green Power: A guide to renewable energy in Montana.
http://www.montanagreenpower.com.
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Renew Wisconsin: Nonprofit organization promoting clean energy
strategies to powering the state's economy in an environmentally responsible
manner. http://www.renewwisconsin.org. |
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy: Coalition of environmental
and citizen organizations promoting green energy in the Tennessee Valley
region http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aux/grassroots/sace/. |
Environmental advocacy/energy: |
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/. |
Natural Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/default.asp. |
Clear the Air (joint project of the Clean Air Task Force, National
Environmental Trust and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund): http://www.cleartheair.org/ |
Sustainable Energy Coalition: http://www.sustainableenergy.org/
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Wind Energy Inventions: |
US Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical
Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone: (423) 576-8401.
Web site: http://www.osti.gov/html/osti/products/publics.html
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For Teachers, Kids: |
Build a model wind turbine: http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_windbuild-1.shtml.
Features online instructions, list of materials needed, step-by-step assembly
and testing instructions. |
Build a model wind turbine: PicoTurbine Renewable Energy Projects.
Provides step-by-step instructions. Kits available. http://www.picoturbine.com. GE Wind Energy:
"Just for Teachers and Kids" http://www.gepower.com/home/index.htm# |
Listing of Web-based resources: http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/teach_wind.html
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National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) Web site: http://www.NEED.org
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Spirit Lake Elementary School. http://www.spirit-lake.k12.ia.us/dist/wind/index.htm.
The Spirit Lake School in Spirit Lake, Iowa, researched the feasibility
of installing a wind turbine, and has installed two. Provides information
about the research and the turbines' performance. |
Teacher's module on wind and renewable energy: http://www.earth.uni.edu/EECP/elem/mod3.html |
Teachers workshop: http://www.laurentiancenter.com/htmls/workshops/windenergy.html.
Contact the center for information about upcoming workshops. |
Wind with Miller: http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/index.htm.
Interactive online resource for both teachers and students, 5th
grade and up. Provides a teacher's guide, course materials, and activities.
Wind With Miller is a feature of the Danish Wind Energy Association Web
site. Available in English, Spanish, and other languages. |
Zilkha Renewables: http://www.zilkha.com/forteacherskidsconsumers.asp.
Includes a curriculum as well as information about wind power. |
Landowner Issues: |
Windustry, 2105 First Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Phone:
toll-free: (800) 946-3640; (612) 870-3461. Fax: (612) 870-4846. E-mail:
info@windustry.org Web site: http://www.windustry.org
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Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED): |
Iowa SEED: 132 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA 52240. Contact: Michelle
Kenyon. Phone: (319) 354-8116. Fax: (319) 354-0833. E-mail: Mkenyon@IowaCAN.org
Web site: http://www.yawp.com/ican/
program/renewables.shtml |
Minnesota SEED: Minnesota Project, 1885 University Avenue W, Suite
315, St. Paul, MN 55104. Contact: Lola Schoenrich. Phone: (651) 645-6159,
ext. 4. E-mail: lschoenrich@mnproject.org. Web site:
http://www.me3.org/projects/seed/ |
North Dakota SEED: Web site: http://www.ndseed.org/default.htm
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Northwest SEED: 119 1st Ave South, Suite 400, Seattle, WA
98104-3416. Phone: (206) 328.2441. Fax: (206) 770-6570. E-mail: info@nwseed.org
Web site: http://www.nwseed.org |
Texas SEED: Web site: http://www.seedcoalition.org/index.htm |
Wind Energy Discussion Groups and Listserves: |
Renewable Energy: Send subscription request to renewable-energy-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
To view discussion archives go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/renewable-energy |
Home Wind Energy Systems: Send subscription request to awea-wind-home-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
To view discussion archives go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awea-wind-home |
Wind-Diesel Hybrid Systems Technology Listserve: Send subscription
request to wind-diesel-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
To view discussion archives go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/wind-diesel
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