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Nebraska Wind Maps
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  • Wind Energy Resource Maps of Nebraska Final Report
  • The Most Definitive Nebraska Wind Maps in Years

  •     · 2005 Nebraska Energy Resource Maps and Tools
        · Map 1. Mean Annual Wind Speed at 30 Meters PDF (1.6 MB)
        · Map 2. Mean Annual Wind Speed at 50 Meters PDF (1.3 MB)
        · Map 3. Mean Annual Wind Speed at 70 Meters PDF (1.4 MB)
        · Map 4. Mean Annual Wind Speed at 100 Meters PDF (1.3 MB)
        · Map 5. Mean Annual Wind Power Density at 50 Meters PDF (1.3 MB)
  • Map Showing North Central U.S. Regional Wind Power Potential from the U.S. Department of Energy, 2003
  • Tools for Wind Projects
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  • A Farmer's Guide to Wind Energy: Legal Issues in Farming the Wind, 2007 PDF
  • Community Wind Financing, 2004 PDF
  • Complimentary Wind Resource Library
  • From A Landowner’s Perspective — Harvesting the Wind PDF
  • Navigating Permits for Small Wind Energy Systems PDF
  • Online Tool to Help Municipalities Adopt Renewable Energies
  • Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook
  • Small Wind Electric Systems A Nebraska Consumer's Guide, 2007 PDF
  • Small Wind Systems A Guide Produced for the American Corn Growers Foundation, June 2003
  • Small Wind Toolbox
  • State Wind Working Group Handbook
  • Streamlined Zoning and Permitting Procedures for Small Wind Projects
  • U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program web site
  • Wind Energy Finance Calculator
  • Wind Energy for Rural Economic Development, U.S. Department of Energy, June 2004 PDF
  • Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners
  • Wind for Schools Project Power System Brief PDF
  • Nebraska Wind Generation Projects and Statistics
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  • MEAN Kimball
  • NPPD Ainsworth
  • Omaha Public Power District
  • Valmont Wind Tower
  • Wind Energy Generation in Nebraska
  • Wind Energy Generation Comparisons by State
  • Wind Energy in Nebraska — American Wind Energy Association
  • Wind Power Policy Studies
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  • Accelerating Wind-Power Development in Nebraska, March 2003  PDF
  • Community Wind: A Review of Select State and Federal Policy Incentives, August 2006 PDF
  • Deliberative Polling Survey by Nebraska Public Power District, August 2003
  • Nebraska Wind Energy Site Data Study, Final Report, May 1999 PDF
  • Potential for Merchant Wind Energy in Nebraska, Report of the Nebraska Power Association To Governor Mike Johanns, Nebraska Power Association, 2002 PDF
  • Stimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, December 2006 PDF
  • Ways to Develop Windpower in the State, October 2003
  • Wind Energy and Air Emission Reduction Benefits: A Primer, February 2008 PDF
  • Wind Power in Nebraska: A Report to Governor Johanns, Nebraska Wind Energy Task Force, January 2001  PDF
  • Wind Energy Incentives
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  • Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency
  • State Incentives for Wind Energy from American Wind Energy Association, March 2001  PDF
  • How Wind Turbines Work
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  • Wind Energy Basics: How Wind Turbines Work from the U.S. Department of Energy
  • Wind Web Tutorial from American Wind Energy Association
  • Wind Projects and Economic Development in Rural Areas
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  • America’s Schools Use Wind Energy to Further Their Goals, 2004 PDF
  • Economic Development for Rural Communities
  • Stimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, 2006 PDF
  • The New Cash Crop
  • What Landowners Should Know
  • Wind Energy and the Natural Gas Crisis
  • Policy Issues
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  • Grid Impacts of Wind Power: A Summary of Recent Studies in the United States, Draft, June 2003 PDF
  • Wind Power’s Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities, September 2004  PDF
  • Links
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  • American Wind Energy Association
  • Wind Energy from U.S. Department of Energy
  • Wind Powering America
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