Summary of 2007 Minnesota Legislation Relating to Community Wind, 104kb pdf (June 2007) by Carl Nelson summarizes the two major bills SF 145 and SF 2096 passed during the 2007 Minnesota legislative session that contained provisions relating to community wind.
Companion Document to Model Wind Ordinance, 441kb pdf (2006)
Model Wind Ordinance, 55kb pdf (2006)
Building a Windfarm in Minnesota, 101kb pdf. A factsheet by the West Central Clean Energy Resource Team.
American Wind Energy Association Website
(Continually Updated)
Web page contains fact sheets and information about wind energy, including a list of small turbine manufacturers, and 10 Steps in Building a Wind Farm (pdf). Contact: John Dunlop, JRDunlop@igc.org.
National Wind Coordinating Committee Website
(Continually Updated)
Offers the most recent avian and wind publications, great fact sheets and information on the economic development potential of wind, permitting and transmission documents.
Windustry Website (Continually Updated)
Web page includes a Wind Project Calculator (Updated 2003) to assess costs and incentives and a page on Wind Energy Easments and Leases (Updated Sept 2005), containing information for landowners and good practices for wind developers. Contact: Melissa Peterson contact number 612.870-3465 or 800-946-3640, melissa@windustry.org.
Environmental Quality Board Website (Updated 2005)
Contains information about wind turbine siting.
Midwest/Great Plains Wind Power Project Map (May, 2004)
This map, created by the Environmental Law and Policy Center, shows the locations of existing and planned wind power projects in the region.
Minnesota Wind Resource Analysis Program Report (pdf, October 2002)
Minnesota Department of Commerce presents data collected from 1995 through 2001. The Minnesota Wind Resource Assessment Program (MNWRAP) is an ongoing project sponsored by the Minnesota State Energy Office, housed within the Department of Commerce.
Assessing Wind Resources: A Guide for Landowners, Project Developers and Power Suppliers (Dec 1999)
An easy to understand and use summary of how to assess the wind potential. By Michael Tennis, Steven Clemmer, and Jonathan Howland, at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
