Community Energy Guidebook
2006: Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

The Ontario First Nation Guide to Wind Power Development
2005: SGA Energy Ltd., Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development and, Gale Force Energy Ltd.

Wind Energy Toolkit
2005: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Power Naturally Program

Includes a legal guidebook for landowners, a section on lease agreements, and a sample annotated lease agreement.

Wind Energy Manual
2005: Iowa Energy Center.

Handbook on Renewable Energy Financing for Rural Colorado
2005: Prepared by McNeil Technologies Inc. for the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation

Wind Energy Guidebook for County Commissioners

2006: Prepared for the U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy & National Association of Counties (NACO)

This book from the Rocky Mountain Insitute can be purchased by clicking on this link.

This handbook was prepared by Windustry for the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois and published January 1, 2004. The purpose of this handbook is to inform the reader about wind as a resource for generating electricity, with emphasis on Illinois as a potential host for small-scale and large-scale projects.

This guidebook was created by Charles Kubert for the Environmental Law and Policy Center in 2004. It talks about business models, sources of equity, grant and loan programs, incentives, and power purchase agreements for community wind projects. You'll find it online on the ELPC website.

The Oregon Energy Trust, in collaboration with NW SEED, developed a Community Wind guidebook in 2006. This 106-page book introduces the basic concepts behind community wind development and is available on the Energy Trust of Oregon web site.