Juhl Wind Inc, the first choice in Community Wind Energy, has announced the official industrial start-up and operations of the two turbine project regarding Gundersen Health System in Winona County, MN. The 4.95 megawatt endeavor could be the first-of-its-kind within North America to be created specifically to address the alternative energy concerns of a huge regional health care group, in this case, Gundersen Health System.
“This unique wind project represents the continued activity by Juhl over the past two years and highlights our strength and diversity in the community wind energy market,” proclaimed Corey Juhl, Vice President of Development for Juhl Wind Inc. “We are seeing an increased demand for large commercial and industrial organization projects such as Gundersen’s as they fit extremely well within Juhl Wind’s area of expertise. This community-based project will provide significant economic benefits to the region. As one piece of their Envision program, the wind farm project will help Gundersen Health System achieve their goal of becoming 100% energy independent by 2014.”
“This is an exciting time for Gundersen and our Envision program. This community wind project we have done with Juhl Wind was about two years in the making, and we’re happy to report that the turbines are now creating energy,” declared Jeff Rich, executive director, GL Envision, LLC.
Juhl Wind is an established leader in Community Based Wind Power advancement and operations, concentrated on wind turbine projects throughout the United States and Canada. Juhl Wind pioneered Community-Based wind farms, developing the currently accepted financial, operational and legal structure providing local ownership of medium-to-large scale wind farms. To date, the Company has completed 21 wind farm projects and provides operations management and oversight across the portfolio of renewable resources. Juhl Wind services every aspect of wind farm development from full development and ownership, general consultation, construction management and system operations and maintenance. With its consolidation of the Valley View, Winona County and Woodstock Hills wind farms, the Company has now invested in and operates 21.7 MWs of wind power through its independent power producer subsidiary, Juhl Renewable Asset, Inc. Through its Next Generation Power Systems subsidiary, Juhl Wind also supplies full product sales as well as service to smaller-sized, on-site wind power and solar panel projects along with their much larger Community Wind Farms.