Wind Opportunities

 

There are many opportunities in the wind industry for landowners and communities interested in clean energy and economic development:

 

    * Wind Energy Project Types

    * Economic Development: The rural benefits of wind power.

    * Wind Energy Markets

    * Hosting Wind Projects:

 

          * Wind Energy Easements: Legal Issues

          * What does a farmer need to know about wind energy?

 

 

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Wind Opportunities

Leasing Land and Wind Energy Easements

 

Resources:

 

    *  Wind Energy Easements: Legal Issues - an outline of legal issues raised by wind energy easement agreements and questions landowners should ask before signing on the dotted line.

 

     *  What does a Landowner Need to Know about Wind Energy? Originally prepared by Windustry for the Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman in October 2004.

  

Information from other sources:

 

    *  What Landowners Should Know from the October 2003 Nebraska Energy Quarterly.

   

    *  Wind Powering America's Agriculture Outreach articles, including Electricity from the Wind: What Landowners Should Know, Electricity from the Wind: The New Cash Crop, and Electricity from the Wind: Economic Development for Rural Communities. 

   

    *  Presentations from Colorado Wind & Distributed Energy: Renewables for Rural Prosperity, held April 13-14, 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. View presentations on wind easements from Windustry Executive Director Lisa Daniels and other experts from around the country.