The Wray School District wind turbine, one of the projects in our portfolio, has been in the news the past week. NativeEnergy reports a mid-August outlook to replace a faulty power converter and get the wind turbine fully operational. And check out the interesting read in the Rocky Mountain News for perspectives from Carbonfund.org, one of NativeEnergy’s competitors.

We’re passionate about fighting climate change. We’re also realists and know that problems like this faulty electrical part can happen, especially in these early days of the American renewable energy movement. We need to make sure we’re adaptive to the inevitable hiccups in schedule but unflichingly rigorous when it comes to absolutes like additionality and project permenance. Our “Belt, suspenders, velcro and crazy glue” approach might sound a little overboard, but when it comes to these issues, we don’t mess around.

We’re going to monitor the Wray project closely over the next few weeks as the part is fixed and the project comes online. Watch this space for more updates.

-Patti