One Energy

The company’s main service, named Wind for Industry, describes wind energy projects in which utility-scale wind turbines are installed on-site and interconnected on a facility’s side of their utility meter (a process known as distributed generation or behind-the-meter wind, which sometimes follows net metering[11]). These projects are designed to achieve a significant reduction of an industrial facility’s electrical consumption from the grid.

One Energy's headquarters at the North Findlay Wind Campus

One Energy is a vertically integrated company, capable of financing, developing, engineering, procuring for, constructing, and operating projects.[1] The company completes conceptual engineering in-house, referring to third-party engineers for quality control.[12] Due Diligence conducted in-house includes financial projections and modeling, custom studies, management of permitting and utilities, as well as wind mapping and analysis.

One Energy typically offers companies a Power purchase agreement (PPA), which allows customers to pay a fixed rate for the energy produced by the project for the 20-year duration of production.[1] With the PPA financial method, One Energy covers capital expenditure for the project. Alternatively, customers may choose to purchase the turbines upfront, supplying capital expenditure themselves.[5] Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) can also be involved.[13] Proprietary software tools created by the company are used to execute studies regarding sound, microwave, shadow flicker, ice throw, and wake interference for potential turbine sites. One Energy obtains land and FAA permits on behalf of their clients, permits utility interconnection, and serves as a liaison between customers and local authorities.