Exhibit
31.1

SARBANES-OXLEY
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, Robert O. Knutson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q
of Wind Energy America Inc. for the three months ended September 30, 2009;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)) for the registrant and I have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants
auditors and the audit committee of registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.

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|/s/ Robert O. Knutson                                          |                           | 
|Robert O. Knutson, Managing Director/CFO                       | Dated: November 10,
 2009
|(principal executive officer and principal financial
 officer) |                          

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