Community Wind Energy Fact Sheet
This fact sheet from Windustry provides a quick overview of community wind. Click on the link below to view the fact sheet.
Documents
Community Wind Energy: An Emerging Market Force in the US
This poster was presented by Windustry at the Global WindPower conference in Chicago, IL in March 2004.
Harvest the Wind: A Wind Energy Handbook for Illinois
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.
Community Wind Financing Handbook
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.
Community Wind: An Oregon Guidebook
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.
USDA Farm Bill Winners
Winners of the USDA Farm Bill for uses with wind power, 2004-2006
Traverse City, MI: Community Wind Project
Traverse City, Michigan was the first municipal utility in the state to install a utility scale turbine in 1996.
Wind Energy Easement and Lease Bibliography
This document lists a variety of useful resources related to wind energy lease and easement agreements. We will regularly update this document when we find new resources.
Click on the link below to read the bibliography.
Wind Energy Land Agreements: Best Practices and Policy Recomendations
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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Compensation Packages for Wind Energy Land Agreements
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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