As a part of Xcel Energy’s Community-Based Energy Development (C-BED) program, Xcel Energy is soliciting proposals for Community Based Wind Projects.

Organized by the Illinois Wind Working Group, this conference is designed to provide timely information about commercial-scale wind energy production to local government officials, the legal community and landowners.  Agenda topics include:

Denali Companies, Inc.
13954 Cypress Drive
Baxter, MN 56425

Our focus is on creating mutually beneficial
strategic partnerships with landowners and community
stakeholders.

218-824-5000
info@denalicompanies.com

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced yesterday that in 2008 alone over 8,000 MW of wind energy was installed. This increased the nation's wind energy capacity by 50% and created an investment of $17 billion into the economy.

This publication goes through a broad overview of community-wind development. In includes some helpful resources and addresses the many different areas that community-wind development entails. The content is based on a series of presentations from 2008 by the same title.

Brad Haight is a renewable energy attorney in Colorado. His presentation "Developer Evaluation" gives landowners a starting place in evaluating a wind energy developer that is interested in their land. The document includes information on wind energy development and a checklist of important information for landowners to gather. Click on the file below to download.

Kassandra McQuillen, Attorney at Law
208 South Green Street #6
Tehachapi, CA 93561
(661)823-9454

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has issued a report that provides an overview of existing wind energy ordinances across the country. The increase in wind energy development also creates a new responsibility on the part of local governments to ensure that ordinances will be established to aid development of safe facilities that are embraced by the community.

Joseph F. Spitzzeri

Johnson & Bell, Ltd.
33 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
www.johnsonandbell.com

The Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University has published a document entitled "Landowner Guidelines for Evaluating Wind Energy Production Leases". It is aimed at landowners across the country.