Reno County Wind Energy Taskforce

Reno County property owners controlling over eighty-thousand acres have registered with the taskforce as interested in being contacted by wind developers. These names are available to developers meeting our criteria for responsible wind development. Contact us for details!

If you attended one of our recent meetings, the following web sites and documents were referenced during the presentation and are provided here for review:

Wind Lease Considerations:

From North Dakota State University 

From Windustry.org

Getting Involved in Landowner Wind Energy Associations:

From Windustry.org

Mark Richardson's PowerPoint presentation (offered here as a .pdf):

Nickerson Meeting.pdf

One role of the RCWET is to provide a link between the landowners and developers to assist each in reaching a favorable outcome. Landowner knowledge is important in order to obtain reasonable leases and equitable compensation for the wind asset.  The RCWET is considered one of the leading organizations in the state in providing grass roots support to both landowners and developers.

Topics covered:

• Recent wind energy developments including Siemens coming to Hutchinson

• Community wind opportunities--local ownership and participation in development process

• Landowner wind lease considerations

• Landowners forming landowner wind energy associations to market their interest

 Thanks to everyone for attending!

Siemens North America Nacelle Plant

Siemens AG, a world leader in wind turbine production, selected Reno County as the site of a 300,000 square foot wind turbine production facility. The factory produces Siemens' highly respected 2.3MW turbines, with annual production of 650 nacelles.

Contact Us for information on how your company can benefit from the same attributes that led Siemens to make Reno County a focal point for the wind industry.

• We've commissioned wind studies indicating many prime development sites with wind speeds suitable for utility-scale wind generation.

• Local units of government are favorably disposed to both wind energy developers and manufacturers of wind generation products! 

• A gas-fired peaking plant and underground salt caverns for possible compressed air storage make Reno County an absolutely unique site for utility-scale wind development.