Nebraska Energy Office - Wind Resources

WIND RESOURCES

Nebraska Wind Maps

Nebraska Energy Resource Maps and Tools, 2005
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)

U.S. Wind Resource Map

Tools for Wind Projects

Webinars
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Biological Systems Engineering Department webcasts on timely wind energy issues.

Public Involvement and Land Issues Relating to Wind Projects — December 18, 2009
Understanding Wind Energy Land Leases — November 18, 2009
Managing Your Expectations - Sizing a Small Wind Turbine to Your Load — October 15, 2009
Net Metering, and Wind Energy Legislation in Nebraska — June 26, 2009
Wind Energy Development: Key Financial Considerations — February 27, 2009
Basics of Farm/Residential Small Wind Turbines — February 13, 2009
Common Land Owners Questions on Wind Lease Contracts: Developing New Tools for Landowners — February 13, 2009
Wind Power 101 — Wind Turbines, Wind Farms and Land Contracts — May 30, 2008

Financincing and Permitting In Nebraska

Financing, Permitting and Other Resources

Small Scale Wind Projects

Small Wind Power, University of Nebraska Rural Initiative, April 2011 PDF

Questions to Ask When Considering a Small Wind Turbine, May 2010 PDF

Home and Farm Scale Wind

Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook, 2003 PDF

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 PDF

Small Wind System FAQs

Wind Energy Finance Calculator

Wind Resource Assessment Handbook — Fundamentals for Conducting a Successful Monitoring Program, April, 1997 PDF

Legal Wind and Leasing Issues

A Farmer's Guide to Wind Energy: Legal Issues in Farming the Wind, 2007 PDF

From A Landowner’s Perspective — Harvesting the Wind, 2001 PDF

Common Land Owners Questions on Wind Lease Contracts: Developing New Tools for Landowners — February 13, 2009

Wind Farm Legal Issues, an educational session archived on the internet, Iowa State University

Wind Power 101 — Wind Turbines, Wind Farms and Land Contracts — May 30, 2008

Those Pesky Wind Turbine Contracts: Important Questions

Utility Scale Wind Projects

Community Wind Financing, 2004 PDF

Frequently Asked Questions Commercial-Scale Wind Turbine Generators in the OPPD Service Area PDF

Locally Owned Renewable Energy Projects “From Conception to Completion”, 2008 PDF

NPPD's 'Wind Power in Nebraska' Brochure PDF

Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners, October, 2006 PDF

Other Wind Projects

Wind for Homeowners, Farmers and Businesses

State Wind Working Group Handbook, August, 2003

U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program web site

Electricity from the Wind: Economic Development for Rural Communities PDF

Wind for Schools Project Power System Brief, August, 2007 PDF

Nebraska Wind Generation Projects and Statistics

MEAN Kimball

Nebraska Public Power District

Omaha Public Power District

Wind Energy Generation in Nebraska

Wind Energy Generation Comparisons by State

Wind Energy in Nebraska — American Wind Energy Association

Nebraska Wind Conferences/Meetings

October 29 - 30, 2014 — Wind and Solar Power 2014 Conference, LaVista

Agenda and Presentations

November 13-15, 2013 — Wind Power 2013 Conference, Lincoln

Agenda and Presentations

October 22-23, 2012 — Wind Power 2012 Conference, Lincoln

Agenda and Presentations

November 15-16, 2011 — Wind Power 2011 Conference, Kearney

Agenda and Presentations

November 9-10, 2010 — Wind Power 2010 Conference, Kearney

Agenda and Presentations

November 9-10, 2009 — Wind Power 2009 Conference, Kearney

Agenda and Presentations

November 11-12, 2008 — Wind Power 2008 Conference, Kearney

Agenda and Presentations

February 18-22, 2008 — State Tour Scottsbluff, North Platte, Ainsworth, Norfolk and Lincoln

Agenda and Presentations

November 29, 2007 — Series of wind energy presentations by National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Nebraska utility officials

Nebraska Wind Power Policy Studies

Nebraska Renewable Energy Exports: Challenges and Opportunities (LB 1115 Study), December, 2014 PDF

Wind Energy and Air Emission Reduction Benefits: A Primer, February 2008 PDF

Economic Development Benefits from Wind Energy in Nebraska: A Report for the Nebraska Energy Office, Revised June 2009 PDF

Economic Development Benefits from Wind Energy in Nebraska: A Report for the Nebraska Energy Office, November 2008 PDF

Wind Energy and Air Emission Reduction Benefits: A Primer, February 2008 PDF

Stimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, December 2006 PDF

Community Wind: A Review of Select State and Federal Policy Incentives, August 2006 PDF

Ways to Develop Windpower in the State, October 2003

Deliberative Polling Survey by Nebraska Public Power District, August 2003

Accelerating Wind-Power Development in Nebraska, March 2003 PDF

Nebraska Power Association: Report on Governor's Report on Potential for Merchant Wind Energy in Nebraska, 2002 PDF

Nebraska Wind Energy Site Data Study, Final Report, May 1999 PDF

Wind Energy Incentives

Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency

U.S. Incentives for Wind Energy from American Wind Energy Association

Nebraska State Laws

LB1048 - Encourage development of wind energy facilities, April, 2010 PDF

LB568 - Provide requirements for wind agreements, May, 2009 PDF

LB561 - Change public power district eminent domain powers, special generation applications for electric generation facilities, and community-based energy development project provisions, May, 2009 PDF

LB436— Net Metering Law, May, 2009 PDF

LB629 — Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act, May, 2007 PDF

Wind Projects and Economic Development in Rural Areas

America’s Schools Use Wind Energy to Further Their Goals, 2004 PDF

Economic Development for Rural Communities, April, 2004

Stimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, 2006 PDF

The New Cash Crop, October, 2003

What Landowners Should Know, October, 2003

Wind Energy and the Natural Gas Crisis, October, 2003

Transmission Issues

20 Percent Wind Vision, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDF

Wind Integration Impacts: Results of Detailed Simulation Studies and Operational Practice in the US, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDF

10 FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) About Wind Energy... and Answers, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDF

Wind Energy and Birds and Wildlife

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines, March 2012

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Avian Reports Database, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Wildlife and Wind Interaction Publications, National Wind Coordinating Collaberative

Whooping Cranes and Wind Farms Guidance for Assessment of Impacts (Draft) Tom Stehn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, June, 2007 PDF

Nebraska Wind and Wildlife, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Policy Issues

Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost and Performance Trends: 2007, May, 2008 PDF

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

How Wind Turbines Work

Wind Energy Basics: How Wind Turbines Work from the U.S. Department of Energy

Wind 101: The Basics of Wind Energy from American Wind Energy Association

Links

American Wind Energy Association

Wind Energy from U.S. Department of Energy

Wind Powering America