The organization has been formed as a venue for professional wind technicians and professionals in the wind energy industry to locate services, products, and safety information with safety classes tailored to the profession. The National Wind Technician Organization is not a voice, not a union, not a negative anything. It is a positive for the…

Traditional wind plant developers often say their work benefits landowners by providing them with royalty or lease payments. While such an arrangement does provide some benefit to the community, the business model makes little provision for ownership or local participation. One community-based wind project in Minnesota works on another principle of making the landowners the…