Commercial (Large) Scale
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The Community Wind Toolbox offers high-quality practical information, interactive tools, and links to related information for farmers and rural landowners looking to develop commercial-scale wind projects.
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Rural Cooperatives Magazine features wind energy
The November/December 2007 issue of Rural Cooperatives, a magazine published by USDA Rural Development, features wind energy.
Hackstaff Gessler LLC
Bradley J. Haight, Esq.
1601 Blake Street, Suite 310
Denver, Colorado 80202
ph: (303) 534-4317
fax: (303) 534-4309
www.hackstaffgessler.com
IRS Rev Proc 2007-65 (Establishing Safe Harbor for Wind Energy "Flip" Transactions)
IRS bulletin 2007-45 (skip to page 967) provides a summary of IRS Rev Proc 2007-65 which establishes a safe harbor for the allocation of tax credits for wind projects that use a flip business structure.
National Wind, LLC
National Wind, LLC
3033 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 525
Minneapolis MN 55416
612-746-6600
Westwood Professional Services
Westwood provides pre-development, development, and post-development services for wind energy projects.
Location: Minnesota, but work with clients nationwide
www.westwoodps.com
Wind Energy and Transmission: the South Dakota Landscape
On November 29th – 30th, the meeting Wind Energy and Transmission: The South Dakota Landscapewill be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The meeting will focus on wind and transmission issues relevant to South Dakota, including the following topics:
Wind Power Development Tutorial
Wind power is on a 25% annual growth curve. Looming carbon caps will pressure munis and IOU’s to add wind to their power supply. The capital is flowing. And FERC is actively addressing transmission access; soon the grid will be able to absorb much larger volumes of wind-generated power.
Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review & Comparative Analysis
This report from Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory was released in September, 2007. The report, titled "Wind Project Financing Structures: A Review & Comparative Analysis," was authored by John Harper (Birch Tree Capital, LLC), Matt Karcher (Deacon Harbor Financial, L.P.), and Mark Bolinger (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program.
