Howard Lapidus Joins Board of Wind Energy America, Inc

Business Wire, June 30, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS -- Wind Energy America Inc. (OTCBB:WNEA) announced today that it has added Howard Lapidus to its Board of Directors. Mr. Lapidus brings a unique business perspective to WNEA through his large and small company entrepreneurial business experience.

As a veteran of the seafood industry for 21 years, Mr. Lapidus has worked for both Pillsbury and Cargill in managerial positions and in smaller food industry companies. In his past business career, he worked for one of the largest multinational food groups in Indonesia and became their national sales manager. After working for a $500 million privately-held Food Company in Los Angeles, as the Executive Vice President, he started his own seafood import company, HL Seafood, Inc., located in Chaska, MN.

Mr. Lapidus lives with his wife and three children in Chaska, MN and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.

CEO of Wind Energy America, Darrel Kluge, commented, "Wind Energy America is in the process of adding quality Board members to enhance its opportunities. Howard is a tremendous asset to the Board of Directors. As an investor in Wind Energy himself, Howard's intuitive understanding of wind industry dynamics and business acumen can present creative solutions that leverage the high growth opportunities for Wind Energy America Inc."

In connection to his appointment, Mr. Lapidus stated, "For some time, I have seen a tremendous opportunity developing within the wind energy industry. With the costs of fossil fuels skyrocketing, Wind Energy America can play an active role in the mitigation of our country's use of these traditional fuels. Our company's recent acquisitions bring both significant value and revenue to the company from electrical energy sales."

About Wind Energy America, Inc.

Wind Energy America, Inc. holds and is continuing to acquire significant ownership interests in wind farms in the Midwest and upper Great Plains regions of North America. These regions are particularly suitable for wind energy since they feature sparsely populated and extensive flat prairies having both high and consistent wind speeds. Moreover, farmers and other rural citizens there welcome the substantial and profitable additional "crop" of wind farming and related "green collar" jobs.

This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding WEA and its future business plans, which statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties may cause actual results and future achievements of WEA to be materially different than those implied by these forward-looking statements. WEA has and undertakes no obligation to provide public updates and revisions to these forward- looking statements to reflect any changes in its expectations of future events.