 Minnesota's Operating and Planned Wind Farms
Reports and Miscellaneous Info (by date if possible)
- Rochester Public Utilities section on Wind Power
- Harvesting the Wind - Minnesota's Growing Wind Energy Industry - MN Dept. of Commerce
- SMMPA Will Offer Wind Generated Power to its Member Utilities - Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Association, August 4, 2000
- NSP announces request for proposals for 80 megawatts of wind energy - NSP Release, June 23, 2000
- NSP's Renewable Development Fund Information - Comments on Draft Criteria until July 16, 2000
- Minnkota Power Cooperative's Infinity Wind Energy program
- Clean Power Surge: Ranking the States - Union of Concerned Scientists, April 2000
This new report ranks Minnesota at the top in several categories of renewable energy development including: Strongest Commitment to Renewables Outside of Electricity Restructuring, Biggest Commitment to New Biomass, Biggest Commitment to New Wind, and Largest Wind Farm in the World
- Wind Powering America: Minnesota (fact sheet) - NREL, April 2000
- Northern Alternative Energy Selected as Winner for NSP Generation - NAE Release, April 6, 2000
- Minnesota Power prepares to offer wind power to customers - MN Power Release, March 27, 2000
- Wind Resource Analysis Project 1999 (WRAP) - MN Department of Commerce, February 2000
- Plugging into Green Power: Local Government Options for Renewable Energy - by Joshua Warner and Lola Schoenrich, Minnesota Project, 1999
- A Practical Guide to Wind Energy Development for Municipal Utilities - Center for Energy and Environment for the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, 1999
- A Case Study of the Moorhead Public Service Wind Power Program - Center for Energy and Environment for the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, 1999
- Northern Alternative Energy Announced as Finalist for Proposed NSP Generation - NAE Press Release, December 14, 1999
- Michael Noble's Comments at the Dedication of Lake Benton II, 104 MW Wind Power Facility -Michael Noble, ME3 Executive Director, Sept. 17, 1999
- Mainstreet Radio Special: Power to the People Hour One: Wind Power - Real Audio of Minnesota Public Radio's Midday broadcast from Lake Benton, MN, May 26, 1999
- Avian Monitoring Studies -Buffalo Ridge, Minnesota Wind Resource Area- prepared by Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., April 1999
- Minnesota Wind Resource Assessment Program - March 1999 Report - Minnesota Department of Public Service, March 1999 (PDF file)
- Small Wind Energy Systems - Answers to questions that will help you decide whether small scale wind energy development can work for you, MN Department of Commerce, April 1999
- Minnesota PUC Votes 4-0 Ordering NSP To Build Additional 400MW Of Wind Power- ME3 News Release, January 22, 1999
- State Should Seize Chance to Exploit an Asset - its Wind-David Morris column, January 12, 1999
- Report on the Wind Energy Incentives of the Agricultural Improvement Loan Program- prepared by the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority (RFA), 1999
- Testimony in Support of Increased Wind Energy Development in Minnesota - Izaak Walton League of America, 1998 (this is part of what IWLA submitted as part of the NSP Resource Plan Proceeding)
- Harvesting the Prairie Wind - Michael Noble's Radio Commentary on Minnesota Wind Energy, November 1998, Real Audio
- Optimal Site Selection and Sizing of Distributed Utility-Scale Wind Power Plants - Michael Milligan (NREL) and Rory Artig (MN Dept. of Public Service), May 1998 (PDF Format)
- Reliability Benefits of Dispersed Wind Resource Development- by Michael Milligan (NREL) and Rory Artig (MN Dept. of Public Service), April 1998 (PDF Format)
- COOPERATIVE WIND: How Co-ops and Advocates Expanded Wind Power in Minnesota- Michael W. Tennis, Paul Jefferiss, and Steve Clemmer, April 1998
- Moorhead Public Service's Capture the Wind
TM Program- a Minnesota municipal utility's green pricing program
- Minnesota Wind Manufacturer Awarded $1.25 million Contract With NREL- World Power Technologies News Release, November 1997
- State of MN to provide payments for small-scale wind generated electricity- Department of Public Service news release, October 8, 1997
- Minnesota Wind/Solar Resource Evaluation Project - Minnesota Department of Public Service, June 1997 (PDF file-580 k)
- A View From Minnesota: A Changing Climate For Wind Power- Michael Noble's Speech to the American Wind Energy Association Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, June 16, 1997
- Locally-Owned Wind Energy Feasibility Project Final Report, - Full Report by
Lola Schoenrich and E.G. Nadeau, May 1997 -
view summary
- Northern Alternative Energy Signs Two Wind Energy Contracts With NSP- Press Release, 3/31/97
- Landowners Guide to Wind Energy in the Upper Midwest, Izaak Walton League of America's Midwest Office
- Lake Benton, Minnesota - Where Minnesota Wind Power is Happening
 Minnesota Wind Energy Resources Map
- Minnesota Wind Site Permit Guidelines
- Taxing Wind Energy in Minnesota by John Bailey and David Morris (January 1995)
- Will Minnesota Farmers Benefit from Wind Power? by John Bailey, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
- The Wind Electric Industry and Economic Development by David Morris
Companies and Organizations
NON-MINNESOTA RESOURCES
Companies
Utilities, Research, Policy, and Other Organizations
Wind Energy Publications and Misc. Info. (by date if possible)
- Research Summary: Public Attitudes towards Wind Farms in Scotland - by Anna Dudleston, System Three Social Research, August 2000
- Wind Energy Outlook 2000 - AWEA, August 2000 (6 MB pdf file) or view online
- Fair Transmission Access for Wind, A Brief Discussion of Priority Issues - AWEA, August 2000
- Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential on Indian Lands - Energy Information Administration, April 2000
- Midwest Wind Farm Trip Report and Observations - by Paul Gipe, February 2000
- Projected Impact of a Renewables Portfolio Standard on Iowa's Electricity Prices - by Tom Wind, January 2000 (Here is a link to the executive summary)
- Wind Empowerment Zone - prepared by Bentham Paulos for the Energy Foundation, 1999
- Global Wind Energy Market Report - American Wind Energy Association, December 1999
- Wind Powering North Dakota - Presented at the North Dakota Wind Energy and Rural Development Conference by Dan Reicher, DOE, November 1999
- U.S. Wind Resources and Technology - Presented at the North Dakota Wind Energy and Rural Development Conference by Parsons, B., November 1999
- Policy Options for Promoting Wind Energy Development in California - by University of California-Irvine, November 1999
- Wind Force 10: A Blueprint To Achieve 10% of the World's Electricity from Wind Power by 2020 - summary, BTM Consult , October 1999
- Vermont's Wind Resource Assessment - by the VT Department of Public Service , Green Mountain Power, NRG, Systems and Vermont Environmental Research Associates, August 1999
- Wind Power: Experiences and Future Directions (INDIA) - July 1999 -via Tata Energy Research Institute
- Emerging Markets for Wind Power: The Role of State Policies Under Restructuring - by Ryan Wiser, Kevin Porter, and Steve Clemmer, June 1999
- Wind Energy Publications from the Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association
- Energies from the Sea - United Kingdom Foresight Program, June 1999 (PDF format)
- Renewable Energy: DOE's Funding and Markets for Wind Energy and Solar Cell Technologies - GAO Report, May 1999
- NFFO Monitoring Programme Produces Useful Data - story on UK Wind Energy development, New Review, May 1999
- Energy Technology: The Next Steps - a comprehensive survey of new energy technologies carried out in the European Union, ATLAS project, April 1999
- The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Wind Energy in California: Lessons for the Renewable Energy Industry - by Richard Stuebi, NextWave Energy, March 1999
- Renewable Energy 1998: Issues and Trends - Energy Information Administration, March 1999 (PDF)
- Midwest Performance Projections: Are they too Aggressive? - by Paul Gipe, 1999
- Performance Data on Zond Z40a & Zond Z40b - by Paul Gipe, Winter 1999
- Great Wind Rush of 99 - by Paul Gipe, February 1999
- Wind Power Versus Plutonium: An Examination of Wind Energy Potential and a Comparison of Offshore Wind Energy to Plutonium Use in Japan - by Marc Fioravanti, for the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, January, 1999
- Wind Energy Project Descriptions in the United States - nicely done by AWEA, 1999
- Renewable Energy Annual 1998 Section on Wind - Energy Information Administration, December 1998
- Expanding Wind Power: Can Americans Afford it? - by Jamie Chapman and Steven Wiese for Renewable Energy Policy Project, November 1998
- Wind Energy in Europe - The Facts- European Wind Energy Association, October 1998
- RETScreen(TM) - a software tool for evaluating renewable energy technology projects
- Renewable Energy Press Briefings and Reports - includes a series on Danish Windpower, Greenpeace, 1998
- Optimal Site Selection and Sizing of Distributed Utility-Scale Wind Power Plants - Michael Milligan (NREL) and Rory Artig (MN Dept. of Public Service), May 1998 (PDF Format)
- Reliability Benefits of Dispersed Wind Resource Development- by Michael Milligan (NREL) and Rory Artig (MN Dept. of Public Service), April 1998 (PDF Format)
- Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities: A Handbook - National Wind Coordinating Committee, March 1998 (PDF format)
- Wind Energy System Operation and Transmission Issues Related to Restructuring - National Wind Coordinating Committee, March 1998 (PDF format)
- National Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
- Comments of AWEA and the Solar Energy Industries Association on proposal by the Iowa Utilities Board to eliminate net billing for small wind turbines - January 7, 1998
- Danish Wind Energy Cooperatives
- Wind Energy and Climate Change: A Proposal for a Strategic Initiative- American Wind Energy Association, October 1997
- Questions and Answers Regarding Renewable Energy Production Incentives-Department of Energy, July 1997 - Federal Register
- Overview of Wind Generation Worldwide- by Paul Gipe
- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Wind Energy- nicely done from AWEA!!
- Answers to Questions about Tehachapi Wind Turbines
- Avian Collision and Electrocution: An Annotated Bibliography
- European Wind Energy Farms - Maps and Descriptions
- Gridwatch.com Global Power Directory - Wind Energy section
- Measuring Wind Plant Capacity Value - by Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1996
- Wind Energy Electronic Mailing Lists - from AWEA
- United States Wind Energy Resources Map
- United States Wind Resource Map-from Pacific Northwest Laboratories
- Wind Clusters: Expanding the Market Appeal of Wind Energy Systems by John Dunlop, Wind Energy Consultant, November 1996
- Wind Energy in California
- Wind Energy Potential in the United States - by D.L. Elliott and M.N. Schwartz, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, 1993?
- Wind Energy Weekly- by AWEA
- Windpower Monthly-International Journal of Wind Energy Development
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