DAN JUHL
Age: 59
Position: Chairman and CEO, Juhl Wind Inc.
Location: Woodstock, Minn.
Career: Juhl grew up in Red Lake Falls, Minn., served as an electronics technician in the Navy and entered the wind business in 1978 by designing wind turbines for Red River Valley farmers. He later built systems in California and Europe, and developed Minnesota's first wind farm in 1986 on Buffalo Ridge. He has developed more than 1,500 megawatts of wind power. He co-authored the book "Harvesting Wind Energy as a Cash Crop: A Guide to Community-Owned Wind Farming."
Company: Juhl Wind Inc., formed in 2008, is a publicly traded wind energy company that helps farmers and communities develop and operate wind farms.