Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/896718· OSTI ID:896718

Costanti, M

One of the key stakeholders associated with economic development are local government officials, who are often required to evaluate and vote on commercial wind energy project permits, as well as to determine and articulate what wind energy benefits accrue to their counties. Often these local officials lack experience with large-scale wind energy and need to make important decisions concerning what may be a complicated and controversial issue. These decisions can be confounded with diverse perspectives from various stakeholders. This project is designed to provide county commissioners, planners, and other local county government officials with a practical overview of information required to successfully implement commercial wind energy projects in their county. The guidebook provides readers with information on the following 13 topics: Brief Wind Energy Overview; Environmental Benefits; Wind Energy Myths and Facts; Economic Development Benefits; Wind Economics; The Development Process; Public Outreach; Siting Issues; Property Tax Incentives; Power System Impacts; Permitting, Zoning, and Siting Processes; Case Studies; and Further Information. For each of the above topics, the guidebook provides an introduction that identifies the topic, why local government should care, a topic snapshot, how the topic will arise, and a list of resources that define and assess the topic.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 896718
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102006-2370; LEE-5-55890-01
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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17 WIND ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POWER SYSTEMS
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WIND ECONOMICS
WIND ENERGY
WIND ENERGY PROJECTS
WIND POWER
WIND PROJECT CASE STUDIES
WIND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
WIND PROJECT PERMITTING
WIND PROJECT SITING
WIND PROJECT ZONING
WIND PROJECTS
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