Wind Energy America Inc. Advances Interconnection Request for Wyoming Wind Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) September 7, 2010 -- EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Tuesday September 7th 2010 – Wind Energy America Inc. (“WEA”) (OTC: WNEA.PK) (FRANKFURT: 41W) today confirmed it has moved forward with the system impact study for interconnection of 250 Megawatts of wind generation, to the Black Hills Power transmission system, for the Company's Weston Wind I wind power project, located in Weston County, Wyoming.

WEA anticipates on the continued progress on several development milestones including permitting, interconnection and power purchase agreement negotiations over the next several months. The project will be capable of generating enough power (approximately 600 million kilowatt-hours annually) to serve about 60,000 homes.
"Advancing the interconnection process for Weston Wind I is a critical aspect of this wind project and we are pleased with the results we have received thus far." said Brian Hill, CDO of WEA.

About Wind Energy America Inc.

WEA is one of the few publicly traded companies exclusively operating and developing renewable, utility scale, wind energy. Through wholly-owned subsidiaries, WEA owns developer's interests in three wind farms on Buffalo Ridge in southwest Minnesota which contain 79 wind turbines totaling 53.46 MW. WEA has commissioned 2.0 MW of its 4.0 MW project in Osceola County, Iowa. It expects to commission the remaining 2.0 MW and its 1.6 MW project in Lincoln County, Minnesota in the next few months. WEA has three other active requests for interconnection of new wind energy generation facilities to the electric grid in Minnesota, in addition to Weston Wind I. The Company also continues its work assessing the feasibility of various wind power project opportunities throughout the U.S.
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Wind Energy America
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