The Arkansas Energy Office is sponsoring a day-long Arkansas Wind Energy Conference on January 17, 2008 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

Keynote speaker Larry Flowers of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will discuss global and national trends for wind energy.

This report from Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory was released in September, 2007. The report, titled "Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review & Comparative Analysis," was authored by John Harper (Birch Tree Capital, LLC), Matt Karcher (Deacon Harbor Financial, L.P.), and Mark Bolinger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program.

The Tutorial: Renewable Power Project Finance, San Diego, CA. The best available introduction to renewable power project finance, according to conference sponsor, Infocast. Attend and learn how to:

· Structure bankable deals specific to the renewable sector
· Optimize the economics of renewable projects

Currently, most landowners who participate in commercial-scale wind development do so by entering into a lease or easement agreement with a large wind developer.

This 100 MW wind farm was organized by a group of local landowners, and sold to PPM Energy for development, although the LLC members have retained some equity in the project.

This report was published by the GAO in September 2004. This report talks about current wind power generation in the U.S. and prospects for growth, economic contributions from wind power to farm income and rural communities in ten states, the trade-offs for farmers of owning a wind project vs. leasing land to a wind project, and the USDA's efforts to promote on-farm rural wind development.

The Wind Easement Workgroup developed a list of recommended policies and practices for facilitating orderly and sustainable wind energy development. These policies are designed to protect landowners, enhance economic development opportunities in wind energy, and broaden access to wind energy market information.

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This short paper summarizes published information about compensation packages for landowners and discusses the factors that seem to drive compensation levels. It also highlights several more detailed stories about land agreements for specific projects around the country.

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This expanded document covers wind energy land leases as well as wind energy easements and features updated information on provisions, recommendations, and items to watch out for.

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