Sitting and land-use considerations in wind energy development

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6120335

Noun, R J

Identifying suitable sites for large wind machine clusters, or wind farms, requires more than finding a location with an adequate wind resource. Consideration must also be given to the question of how land-use policies and regulations will affect the siting of wind system installations. In particular, the issue of acquiring wind rights, or guaranteed access to the wind resource for electric power generation, will be vital to the development of wind energy. This paper examines several methods for acquiring and preserving access to the wind resource and for dealing with related land-use issues.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 6120335
• Report Number(s): SERI/TP-211-1410; CONF-811205-2; ON: DE82001209
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. AIWA terrestrial energy systems conference, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 1 Dec 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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