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Workshops available for wind energy opportunities |
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
Landowners in North Central Montana will have three opportunities to learn more about wind energy in coming weeks.
MSU Extension Regional Economic Development Coordinator, Sarah Hamlen, will present workshops in Conrad, Great Falls, and Shelby during the week of Dec. 10.
These workshops will focus on wind energy opportunities from a landowner’s perspective.
Increasing awareness of Montana’s wind energy resources have prompted many landowners to question whether or not they might have the ability to participate in the wind industry. Opportunities range from installing small wind turbines on stock tanks or irrigation pumps to large-scale wind development.
Notes Hamlen, “The recent national focus on alternative energy has escalated the interest in wind energy in Montana.”
She goes on to add, “This workshop is designed to help landowners understand the various types of wind generation and to understand the potential risks and rewards of large scale development, if their property is likely to attract large-scale wind developers.”
These workshops are open to the public.
Landowners are encouraged to attend. The Conrad workshop will be held on Dec. 11, 11 a. m. at The Lobby. This is a no-host luncheon meeting, so we would like folks to call the Pondera County Extension Office at 271-4054 to RSVP by Dec. 7.
The same workshop will be held in Great Falls at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Cascade County Extension Office, and Shelby on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. at the Marias River Electric Building.
For further information about these workshops, contact Dan Picard, Pondera County Agent, at 271-4054, or call Sarah Hamlen at 406-209-7679 or email her at
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