Welcome to the Wind Energy Siting Handbook

The Wind Energy Siting Handbook was developed by the AWEA Siting Committee, in collaboration with Nixon Peabody LLP and Tetra Tech EC, Inc., to inform wind energy developers and other interested parties about environmental siting issues relevant to land-based commercial-scale wind energy project development in the United States.
Siting Handbook

This handbook has been designed to provide technical information and useful tools based on the industry’s collective experience in siting wind energy projects and assessing potential impacts.

Downloading the Siting Handbook

The 178-page Wind Energy Handbook is available in electronic format, and may be downloaded from this website. The full version of the handbook, as well as individual chapters are available in pdf format.

Siting Handbook Terms of Use

Before entering the Siting Handbook Download Center, please read and agree to the Terms of Use below.

TERMS OF USE. This Wind Energy Siting Handbook (the "Handbook") presents general information about regulatory and environmental issues associated with the development and siting of wind energy projects in the United States. It is intended to be a general guidance document providing technical information and tools for identifying potential issues that may arise with wind energy projects. The Handbook is not intended as a comprehensive discussion of all such issues and should be used in conjunction with other available resources. The Handbook also is not intended as legal or environmental advice or as a best practices manual, nor should it be considered as such. Because the Handbook is only a general guidance document, independent legal counsel and/or environmental consulting services should be obtained to further explore any wind energy siting issue, matter, or project. In reviewing all or any part of the Handbook, you acknowledge and understand that the Handbook is only a general guidance document and does not constitute a best practices manual, legal or environmental advice, or a legal or other relationship with the American Wind Energy Association ("AWEA") or any of the persons or entities who contributed to or helped prepare the Handbook, including but not limited to Tetra Tech EC, Inc., Nixon Peabody LLP, Aviation Systems Inc., and Comsearch (collectively "Contributors"). You further disclaim any rights against and release AWEA, Contributors, and their affiliates, successors, assigns, representatives, agents, and employees from any and all claims, demands, rights, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, causes of action, or liabilities arising out of or relating to material contained in the Handbook.

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