Attached Files
Wind Financing Handbook
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Wind Empowerment Zones Study

This study shows how wind farms can be used to generate revenue in economically depressed areas.

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Wind Empowerment Zones
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Community Wind Information Packet(April 2007)

We assembled a small packet of documents related to Community Wind as an introduction to the concept of farmer-owned wind farms.

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Community Wind Information Packet
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Re-examining the Production Tax Credit for Wind Power: An Assessment of Policy Options
(March 2006)

A report from the University of Minnesota discusses ways to reform the federal Production Tax Credit to encourage community-owned wind farms.

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Wind Energy Tax Credit Report
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Windustry's new online Community Wind Toolbox offers high-quality practical information for farmers and rural landowners looking to develop commercial-scale wind projects.

The Effect of Wind Development on Local Property Values
REPP's study concludes that the statistical evidence does not support a contention that property values within the view shed of wind developments suffer or perform poorer than in a comparable region.

Wind Energy for Electric Power
This REPP issue brief presents a general background on utility-scale wind power and provides a solid foundation for further understanding of the technical, economic, and policy dimensions of wind power development world wide.

Blending Wind and Solar into the Diesel Generator Market
This report discusses how the "distributed generation" market is dominated by diesel generators and how the incorporation of wind and solar energy technologies into the market can reduce the number of diesel generators used and reduce NO_X and CO₂ emissions.

Cooperative Wind: How Co-Ops and Advocates Expanded Wind Power in Minnesota
Studies how a rural electric cooperative (REC) and local renewable energy advocates in Minnesota began an effort to bring wind power to local consumers.

"Re-examining the Production Tax Credit for Wind Power: An Assessment of Policy Options," by C. Ford Runge and Douglas G. Tiffany.

This study considers six different aspects of incentive packages to promote locally based wind energy and concludes that the PTC can be extended for longer periods (6 to 10 years), ending its on-again, off-again character, and accompanied by two- to three-year fiscal impact assessments.
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North Carolina Small Wind Initiative at Appalachian State University

Wind Site Evaluation Tools - by Wisconsin's Focus on Energy Program

Transmission - Getting an Interconnection for Wind Power - Scott Hempling and Whitfield A. Russell presentation at AWEA's Global Windpower 2004 conference, March 2004

Windfall from the Wind Farm - Sherman County, Oregon - Renewable Northwest Project, revised December 2004

Minnesota Wind Integration Study - September 2004
The Minnesota Legislature required this study. It provides an analysis of adding 1500 MW of wind generation, spread out over hundreds of square miles, to Xcel Energy's electric system.

1. Wind Integration Study

2. Characterization of Wind Resources in Upper Midwest

3. Slide Presentation

Transmission line upgrades for wind generation move forward - Xcel Energy Release, September 16, 2004

Catch the Wind - Minnesota's wind-power industry is picking up speed - Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Nov/Dec 2003
 

Benefits of Locally Owned Wind Projects - Dan Juhl, DanMar & Associates, Iowa Renewable Energy & Agricultural Conference, November 2003 [Powerpoint presentation]

The Winds of Change - 3 part series from Minnesota Public Radio, September 29, 2003

1. From Windmills to Wind Farms

2. Wind power is another cash crop

3. An uncertain future

Designing A Clean Energy Future - A Resource Manual - The Minnesota Project, UofM Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and MN Dept. of Commerce, July 2003

Characterizing the Impacts of Significant Wind Generation Facilities on Bulk Power System Operations Planning - Xcel Energy Case Study Final Report - prepared by Electrotek for the Utility Wind Interest Group, May 2003

1. MP3 Audio from July 27, 2004 Meeting in Pipestone [meeting focused on Wind Energy Development]

2. Comments to Questions from June 29, 2004 Meeting in St. Paul - [hear also MP3 Audio]

3. Economic Analysis of Windpower Development in Southwestern Minnesota - prepared by DanMar and Associates, September 1996

Wind Energy Publications and Other Information

The American Wind Energy Association's Wind Power Outlook 2005 - six-page color brochure that provides a status report on the U.S. wind energy market and industry.

Presentations from the Technical Conference on Assessing the State of Wind Energy In Wholesale Electricity Markets - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, December 1, 2004

Presentations from the Technical conference on Interconnection for Wind Energy and Other Alternative Technologies - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, September 24, 2004

Evaluating State Markets for Residential Wind Systems - Results from an Economic and Policy Analysis Tool - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, December 2004

A Comparative Analysis of Business Structures Suitable for Farmer-Owned Wind Power Projects in the United States - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, November 2004

From Snack Bars to Rebar - How Project Development Boosted Local Businesses Up and Down the Wind Energy 'Supply Chain' in Lamar, Colorado - by Craig Cox for US DOE, March 2004

The Influence of Large-Scale Wind Power on Global Climate - The National Academies of Science, November 2004

Smarter, Cleaner, Stronger - Secure Jobs, Clean Environment, and Less Foreign Oil - Redefining Progress, October 2004 [see also MN Fact Sheet]

Renewable Energy - Wind Power's Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities - Government Accountability Office, September 2004

A Study of Wind Energy Development in Wisconsin - A Collaborative Report - Energy Center of Wisconsin, 2004

Developing Methods to Reduce Bird Mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area - California Energy Commission, August 2004

Community Wind Business Plan Summary - Cooperative Development Services, 2004

Midwest Wind Power Projects map - Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, June 2004

Natural Gas in the New England Region - Implications for Offshore Wind Generation and Fuel Diversity - Department of Energy, June 2004

2004 Wind Producers Survey - American Corn Growers Association, June 2004

The National Wind Resource Guide - A Farmers Guide to Wind Generation Information - by the American Corn Growers Association and the American Corn Growers Foundation, 2004

Owning a PV/Wind Hybrid System - Being Your Own Utility -Rezabek Case Study - WI Focus on Energy, May 2004

Wind Force 12 - A Blueprint to Achieve 12% of the World's Electricity From Wind Power by 2020 - European Wind Energy Association, May 2004

Sea Wind Europe - Greenpeace, May 2004

Cash Crop on the Wind Farm - A New Mexico Case Study of the Cost, Price, and Value of Wind-Generated Electricity - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, April 2004

Putting Renewables to Work - How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate? - Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, April 2004

Integrating Large Amounts of Wind Energy With a Small Electric Power System - Eric Hirst, April 2004

2004 Global Wind Market Report - AWEA, March 2004

A Survey of State Support for Community Wind Power Development -Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March 2004

Renewables Work - Job Growth from Renewable Energy Development in the Mid-Atlantic - MaryPIRG Foundation, March 2004

Building a Market for Small Wind - The Break-Even Turnkey Cost of Residential Wind Systems in the United States - by staff at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Presented at Global Windpower, March 2004

Conference Summary of Wind Energy and Rural Development in North Dakota V - held February 18-19, 2004

Austin's Power - Green Power is Clean and Renewable - Outreach Lecture Series, Univ. of Texas, Austin, February 13, 2004

Utility Green Pricing Programs - A Statistical Analysis of Program Effectiveness - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, February 2004

Utility Green Pricing Programs - Design, Implementation, and Consumer Response - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, February 2004

Presentations from European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options - January 2004

New Energy For America - Apollo Jobs Report - Apollo Alliance, January 2004

Wind Energy Outlook 2004 - AWEA, January 2004

Bird Risk Behaviors and Fatalities at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, December 2003

Integrating Wind Energy with Electric Systems - by Eric Hirst, Presented at NPCC Workshop on Wind Energy and Electric Power Systems, Portland, OR, December 2003

Federal Resources

Bureau of Land Management

• Interim Wind Energy Development Policy - October 2002

The Green Power Network

National Wind Technology Center - part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Renewables for Sustainable Village Power - National Renewable Energy Lab project

Sandia National Laboratory's Wind Energy Technology page

United States Department of Energy's Wind Energy Program

United States Department of Agriculture's Farm Bill 9006 Energy Funding details

Wind Powering America - a DOE program to increase wind power to 5 percent of the U.S. electricity supply

Renewable Electricity Production Credit (IRS Form 8835) - Internal Revenue Service, revised 2002

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program - a USDA Rural Development Grant Program

Questions and Answers Regarding Renewable Energy Production Incentives-Department of Energy, July 1997 - Federal Register

Renewable Electricity Production Credit (REPI) - IRS Form 8835

Wind Energy Development Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Information Center - US Department of the Interior site evaluating issues of wind development on public lands in the West