Utility Wind Power Resource Library
This webpage provides a Resource Library for electric utilities on topics they frequently encounter in regulatory proceedings or with the media and members of the public. For the topics listed below, a fact sheet from AWEA is provided, when available, followed by one or more third-party or independent references for reports and analysis on that topic:
Siting of Wind Turbines
Broad information on how to properly site a wind turbine. Below is information on wind turbine siting related to specific issues (wildlife, health, sound, aesthetics, etc).
AWEA's Siting Policy Website: Research, reports and fact sheets on all siting related issues.
Consensus Building Institute: Facilitating Wind Energy Siting: A List of "Do's and Don'ts"
Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners: Report prepared by U.S. Deparrtment of Energy, Wind Powering American and the National Association of Counties.
Aesthetics
CESA: www.cleanenergystates.org
Avian Issues
AWWI: www.awwi.org/
NREL: www.nrel.gov/wind
NWCC: www.nationalwind.org
Back-Up Power
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
Baseload Power
Bats
NREL: www.nrel.gov/wind
BWEC: www.batsandwind.org/
BWEC: www.batsandwind.org
NWCC: www.nationalwind.org
Community Wind
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
Costs of Wind Energy
AWEA: domesticfuel.com
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
Decommissioning
GLWC: www.glc.org/energy
Distributed Wind
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
DOE, EERE; www1.eere.energy.gov
DOE, EERE: www1.eere.energy.gov
Energy Return on Investment
Energy Storage
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
Health / Sound Impacts
Ontario Ministry of Health and Longterm Care: www.health.gov.on.ca
NHMRC: www.nhmrc.gov.au
BWEA: www.bwea.com
Wind Powering America: www.windpoweringamerica.gov
Ice Shedding
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
Industry Statistics
DOE / EIA: www.eia.gov/cneaf
DOE / Wind Powering America: www.windpoweringamerica.gov
Jobs Creation
DOE / Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) Model: www.windpoweringamerica.gov
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
Land Use
NREL: www.nrel.gov
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
AWEA:www.awea.org/issues
GLWN:www.glwn.org/
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
Noise
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
AWEA / CanWEA sound / health report (Executive Summary): www.awea.org/issues
AWEA / CanWEA sound / health report: www.awea.org/learnabout
Offshore Wind
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout
OWDC: offshorewinddc.org/
NREL: nrelpubs.nrel.gov
DOE / EERE: www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/pdfs/national_offshore_wind_strategy.pdf
DOE / EERE: www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/pdfs/mou_offshore_wind_hydrokinetic_deployment.pdf
Policy – Federal
AWEA: www.awea.org/issues/federal_policy
Policy – State
AWEA: www.awea.org/issues/state_policy
Production Tax Credit (PTC)
AWEA: www.awea.org/issues/federal_policy
Property Values
LBNL: eetd.lbl.gov/ea
IWWG: renewableenergy.illinoisstate.edu/wind
REPP: www.repp.org
Publications
Fifteen Public Power Wind Case Studies: appanet.cms-plus.com
Establishing an Inhouse Wind Maintenance Program at LADWP: appanet.cms-plus.com
Wind Handbook for Electric Coops: www.awea.org/learnabout/utility
Radar Issues
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/publications
DOE – EERE: www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro
Reliability
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/publications
Safety
AWEA: www.awea.org/issues/health_safety
Shadow Flicker
Wind Powering America: www.windpoweringamerica.gov
U.K.: www.decc.gov.uk
Small Wind
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/smallwind
DOE / EERE: www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro
State Wind Information
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/publications
Subsidies
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/publications
MISI, a report on how all energy subsidies compare to each other: Download PDF
Transmission
AWEA: www.awea.org/issues/transmission
Wildlife Issues
AWEA: www.awea.org/learnabout/publications
*Also, pages 7-16 of these AWEA comments provide a good overview of the industry's wildlife record: www.awea.org/issues/siting
AWWI: www.awwi.org/
NREL: www.nrel.gov/wind
NWCC: www.nationalwind.org
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wind energy pages: www.fws.gov/windenergy/
Please send any updates or suggestions for additional topics or references to: utility@awea.org
