This article reprint from Tierra Grande, April 2008, presents an overview of many issues regarding leasing your land to a wind developer. Topics covered include wind data, tax credits, royalties, severance clauses, surface rights and a host of other considerations.

Women of Wind Energy would like to thank our corporate luncheon sponsors for their generous support.

$7,000+

NRG Systems

$5,000+

AWEA

Stoel Rives, LLP

$2000+

Clipper Windpower

enXco

Iberdrola Renewables

2007 Corporate Contributors to the Women of Wind Energy Luncheon include:

Luncheon Co-Sponsors:
NRG Systems, Inc. and Stoel Rives LLP

Gust Level:
GE Energy
UPC Wind Management, LLC
Windustry

Breeze Level:
American Wind Energy Association

Featured in this issue:

• Federal legislation introduced to encourage renewable energy development
• Call for volunteers for 2008 Minnesota State Fair
• Spotlight on the growth of Women of Wind Energy
• Announcement of Windustry's blog

This site is intended to be a easy and accessible source of information and news stories related to wind energy in the Great Lakes Region. If you have any information you would like posted, please contact info@windustry.org.  Thanks!

Released by the 25' X 25' Alliance, The Energy Foundation and Harvesting Clean Energy, this report makes clear that community wind must be an integral part of the nation's energy strategy and lays out a set of public policies designed to grow local wind investment and ownership.

Specifically, Community Wind 101 finds:

Main Contact for Illinois Wind Working Group

Dave Loomis, Illinois State University, dloomis@ilstu.edu, 309-438-7979
Randy Winter, Illinois State University, rwinter@ilstu.edu

Main Contact for Wisconsin Wind Workign Group

Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin, mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org.  608-255-4044

Wisconsin Wind Resources

Wisconsin Wind Map

Main Contact for Ohio Wind Working Group

Tom Maves, Ohio Energy Office, tmaves@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-8425
James Damon, Ohio Energy Office, jdamon@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-1809

Briefing reports on the feasibility of the U.S. Department of Energy report "20% Wind Energy By 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply" are now available online.