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.

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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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This is a summary of Windustry's Leases and Easements Project. Click on the link below to read the summary.

This publication was released by the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC) in 1997, and describes the direct and indirect economic effects of wind power development through state and regional examples.

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This 1998 issue brief from the Renewable Energy Policy Project discusses how Tribal Governments can use renewable energy to meet the needs of rural electrification, economic development, environmental protection, and an expression of a commitment to balance the human and natural worlds.

This report from the Renewable Energy Policy Project was released in November 2001. This report uses survey data to estimate direct jobs created by wind, photovoltaics, and biomass co-firing energy projects. Jobs are reported by skill type and occupational category.

This 2000 report out of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory reviews an assessment of distributed wind generation and it's associated business, policy and technical issues, and includes action steps for facilitating the growth of distributed wind.

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