The annual Distributed Wind Market Report provides stakeholders with statistics and analysis of the distributed wind market— which includes power from wind turbines installed near where the power will be used—along with insight into U.S. trends and characteristics from the calendar year prior to publication. It analyzes distributed wind projects of all sizes and details the U.S. small wind market.





















This is an E3120 at a small farm. While Endurance is out of business, folks like Gary Harcourt and Ian Sleger of All Energy Management are busy refurbishing these machines all over the world. Location: Edgartown, Massachusetts
Photo: Gary Harcourt / Great Rock Windpower
September 20, 2025

This Juhl project shows large wind in a distributed application. Location: Glenville, Minnesota
Photo: Juhl Energy
September 20, 2025

Bergey Excel 15 repowered a defunct Proven 15 in Blowing Rock, NC, along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Photo: Jordan Nelson / Nelson Aerial Productions
September 20, 2025

This is a cow...and an Eocycle 25 kW on a farm. Location: England
Credit: Eocycle Technologies Inc.
September 20, 2025

Goldwind at the Ball plant. Location: Ohio
Credit: Hank Doster / One Energy Enterprise LLC
September 20, 2025

One of two turbines owned by Gundersen Health System and Organic Valley near Cashton, Wisconsin. The electricity from this wind farm is used by homes and businesses, as well as fed into the energy grid. Gundersen and Organic Valley are paid for the energy generated.
Photo: Roy Rakobitsch, Windsine, Inc.
September 20, 2025

This dairy farm in Yuma, Colorado, is an agricultural facility that utilizes two 100-kilowatt Northern Power Systems wind turbines to offset high energy demand.
Photo: Trevor Atkinson, NREL 51791
September 20, 2025

The Heritage Dairy Farm in Yuma, Colorado, is an agricultural facility that features unobstructed wind and utilizes two Northern Power Systems wind turbines.
Photo: Charles Newcomb
September 20, 2025

Installed in 2016, this Northern Power Systems wind turbine, located in St. Francis, Kansas, will offset energy needs for the owner’s agricultural facility.
Photo: Charles Newcomb
September 20, 2025

The Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia, has two 10-kilowatt turbines installed, integrated with solar panels and geothermal wells. The center produces more electricity than it uses.
Photo: SmithGroupJJR / © Prakash Patel
September 20, 2025

The Kodiak Electric Association installed wind turbines to help meet the renewable power goals of Kodiak Island, Alaska. There are currently six 1.5-megawatt wind turbines and two 11.5-megawatt hydroelectric turbines integrated into the community’s isolated grid system.
Photo: Dennis Schroeder, NREL
September 20, 2025
Installed in 2008, this 900-kilowatt EWT system is located in Wray, Colorado, and offsets energy needs for the town’s school district.
Photo: Charles Newcomb
September 20, 2025
The “Zephyr Wind Turbine” is named after the sports teams at Mahtomedi High School in St. Cloud, Minnesota This turbine not only produces electricity, but also serves as an educational tool for high school engineering, math, and science students.
Photo: Jeff Ledermann
September 20, 2025

This 10-kilowatt distributed wind system at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, was developed in partnership with the Vermont Department of Public Service. This system produces 8,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.
Photo: Bergey WindPower
September 20, 2025
One of two wind turbines installed at the Triad Recycling and Energy Corporation in Tonawanda, New York. The recycling center is surrounded by open spaces and unobstructed winds, making it an ideal location for a distributed wind system.
Photo: Padma Kasathurirangan
September 20, 2025
Two Northern Power Systems wind turbines were installed at the Triad Recycling and Energy Corporation in Tonawanda, New York, to cost-effectively offset the power required by energy-intensive recycling equipment.
Photo: Padma Kasathurirangan
September 20, 2025

A homeowner in York, Pennsylvania, installed a 30-kilowatt solar array and a 25-kilowatt Eocycle wind turbine in 2018.
Credit: Eocycle Technologies Inc.
September 20, 2025

A wind turbine installer climbs a 140-foot, 25-kilowatt Eocycle wind turbine in York, Pennsylvania, during construction in 2018.
Credit: Eocycle Technologies Inc.
September 20, 2025

This Weaver 5 turbine was installed at a home in New York State.
Photo: Weaver Wind Energy
September 20, 2025

The Gob Nob wind turbine in Farmersville, Illinois is located on the former Freeman United Crown Number 1 Coal Mine.
Photo: RECC
September 20, 2025
The EWT DW54-900kW Gob Nob wind turbine in Farmersville, Illinois produced 2,173,088 kWh in 2017, which was distributed to 380 local coop member’s homes.
Photo: RECC
September 20, 2025

The town of Drummond received an Oklahoma Department of Commerce Energy Efficiency and Conservation grant to install five wind turbines next to the public school. The funding was key to the successful completion of this project.
Photo: Pieter Huebner
September 20, 2025

The Drummond turbines are installed on 120-foot self-supporting towers.
Photo: Pieter Huebner
September 20, 2025

Under a power purchase agreement structure, this GE 1.85-megawatt wind turbine is owned and operated by an affiliate of Foundation Windpower, LLC. The project is hosted by Scheid Fmaily Wines in Salinas Valley, California, an agricultural operation that features access to an unobstructed wind resource.
Photo: Foundation Windpower, LLC
September 20, 2025

The Scheid distributed wind installation is Foundation Windpower's third Salinas Valley project.
Photo: Foundation Windpower, LLC
September 20, 2025
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With three recently installed small wind turbines at the Flatirons Campus in Colorado, WETO is poised to take the next step in proving and improving the next generation of distributed wind technologies.
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Text version of the interactive distributed wind energy animation showing potential uses cases of distributed wind energy.
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Learn about two developing resources that will provide comprehensive information, tools, and support to anyone interested in installing distributed wind turbines and taking advantage of the benefits of onsite energy.
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Learn how wind turbines operate to produce power from the wind.
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New animation shows how a wind turbine turns wind energy into electricity using the aerodynamic force from the rotor blades.
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The Wind Energy Technologies Office’s activities for wind technologies used in distributed applications.
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Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned,from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms tod...
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Learn more about the wind industry here, from how a wind turbine works, to the new and exciting research in the field of wind energy.