Where can I find a school or training program specific to renewable energy?
If you are serious about joining the wind energy community, attending specialized schooling will help you fine tune your skills and hopefully lead you to a job. Here are post-secondary programs for college degrees and training certificates that focus on wind energy systems or that focus on renewable energy systems including wind.
Programs include:
Degree Programs
- Appalachian State University - Boone, NC
- Cerro Coso Community College - Ridgecrest, CA
- Clinton Community College - Plattsburgh, NY
- Cloud County Community College - Concordia, KS
- Wind Energy Associate of Applied Science
Additional certificate programs
- Wind Energy Associate of Applied Science
- College of Southern Idaho - Twin Falls, ID
- Columbia Gorge Community College - The Dalles, OR
- Danville Area Community College - Danville, IL
- Des Moines Area Community College - Various Des Moines area campuses, IA
- Ecotech Institute - Aurora, CO
- Highland Community College - Freeport, IL
- Iowa Lakes Community College - Estherville, IA
- James Madison University - Harrisonburg, VA
- Lake Area Technical Institute - Watertown, SD
- Lakeshore Technical College: Cleveland, WI
- Lane Community College - Eugene, OR
- Laramie County Community College - Cheyenne, WY
- Lorain County Community College - Elyria, OH
- Mesalands Community College - Tucumcari, NM
- Mid-State Technical College - Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Minnesota West Community & Technical College - Canby, MN
- Mitchell Technical Institute - Mitchell, SD
- Northeastern Junior College - Sterling, CO
- Northern Maine Community College - Presque Isle, ME
- Redstone College – Denver, CO
- Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
- Oregon Institute of Technology - Portland, OR
- Texas State Technical College West Texas - Lubbock, TX
- Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX
- University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
- Wind Power Management, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- University of Massachusetts Amherst - Amherst, MA
- World Wind Energy Institute - Seven research centres on five continents
Certificate and Other Training Programs
- AirStreams - Tehachapi, CA
- Appalachian State University - Boone, NC
- Cerro Coso Community College - Ridgecrest, CA
- Consortium for Education in Renewable Energy Technology (CERET)
- CERET Renewable Energy Certificates,
taught at various partner institutions.
- CERET Renewable Energy Certificates,
- Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College - Custer, WI
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Gravitec Systems - Bainbridge Island, WA
- High Plains Technology Center - Woodward, OK
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College - Kalamazoo, MI
- Lake Region State College - Devil's Lake, ND
- Minnesota West Community & Technical College - Canby, MN
- Mitchell Technical Institute - Mitchell, SD
- Oklahoma City Community College - Oklahoma City, OK
- Pinnacle Career Institute - Kansas City, MO
- Riverland Community College - Albert Lea, MN
- Sauk Valley Community College - Dixon, IL
- Saint Francis University - Loretto, PA
- Wayne Technical and Career Center - Newark, NY
Helpful Resources
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