WIND
RESOURCES
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• Wind Energy Resource Maps of Nebraska Final Report, April, 2005
The Most Definitive Nebraska Wind Maps in Years, July, 2005
• 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)Map Showing North Central U.S. Regional Wind Power Potential from the U.S. Department of Energy, 2003
Financincing and Permitting In Nebraska
Financing, Permitting and Other Resources Small Scale Wind Projects Is Wind Power Viable for Your Home or Farm?, NPPD Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook, 2003 PDF Small Wind Electric Systems A Nebraska Consumer's Guide, 2007 PDFSmall Wind Systems A Guide Produced for the American Corn Growers Foundation, June 2003 PDFSmall Wind Toolbox, 2003 Streamlined Zoning and Permitting Procedures for Small Wind Projects, 2003 Wind Energy Finance Calculator Wind Resource Assessment Handbook — Fundamentals for Conducting a Successful Monitoring Program, April, 1997 Legal Wind and Leasing Issues A Farmer's Guide to Wind Energy: Legal Issues in Farming the Wind, 2007 PDFFrom A Landowner’s Perspective — Harvesting the Wind, 2001 PDFWind Farm Legal Issues, an educational session archived on the internet, Iowa State University Those Pesky Wind Turbine Contracts: Important Questions Utility Scale Wind Projects Community Wind Financing, 2004 PDFFrequently Asked Questions Commercial-Scale Wind Turbine Generators in the OPPD Service Area PDFLocally Owned Renewable Energy Projects “From Conception to Completion”, 2008 PDFNPPD's 'Wind
Power
in Nebraska' Brochure PDFWind Energy Guide for County Commissioners, October, 2006 PDFOther Wind Projects Complimentary Wind Resource Library State Wind Working Group Handbook, August, 2003 U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program web site Wind Energy for Rural Economic Development, U.S. Department of Energy, June 2004 PDFWind for Schools Project Power System Brief, August, 2007 PDF
MEAN Kimball NPPD Ainsworth Omaha
Public Power District Wind Energy Generation
in Nebraska Wind Energy
Generation Comparisons by State Wind Energy in Nebraska — American Wind Energy Association
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 Resources, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2.2 MB) NPPD Wind Site Assessment for Ainsworth, National Wind Technology Center (1.1 MB) U.S. Wind and Electric Transmission, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (1.6 MB U.S. Wind Energy Update, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (21.0 MB) U.S. Wind Integration Impacts, National Wind Technology Center (8.3 MB) Wind for U.S. Schools, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (7.6 MB) Wind Power Vision for 2030, Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc. (7.3 MB)
Nebraska Wind Power Policy Studies
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 PDFStimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, December 2006 PDFCommunity Wind:
A Review of Select State and Federal Policy Incentives, August 2006 PDFWays 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
Potential for Merchant Wind Energy in Nebraska, Report of the Nebraska Power Association To Governor Mike Johanns, Nebraska Power Association, 2002 PDFWind Power in Nebraska: A Report to Governor Johanns, Nebraska Wind Energy Task Force, January 2001 PDFNebraska Wind Energy Site Data Study, Final Report, May 1999 PDF
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency State Incentives for Wind Energy from American Wind Energy Association, March 2001 PDF
LB568 - Provide requirements for wind agreements, May, 2009 PDFLB561 - Change public power district eminent domain powers, special generation applications for electric generation facilities, and community-based energy development project provisions, May, 2009 PDFLB436— Net Metering Law, May, 2009 PDFLB629 — 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 PDFEconomic Development for Rural Communities, April, 2004 Stimulating Wind Energy in Nebraska's Panhandle, 2006 PDFThe New Cash Crop, October, 2003 What Landowners Should Know, October, 2003 Wind Energy and the Natural Gas Crisis, October, 2003
20 Percent Wind Vision, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDFWind Integration
Impacts: Results of Detailed Simulation Studies and Operational Practice in the US, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDF10 FAQ’s (Frequently Asked
Questions) About Wind Energy... and Answers, Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2008 PDF
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
Wind and Nebraska's Wildlife (Draft) Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, June, 2009
Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost and Performance Trends: 2007, May, 2008 PDF Report Summary Full Report Grid Impacts of Wind Power: A Summary of Recent Studies in the United States, Draft, June 2003 PDFWind Power’s Contribution to Electric Power Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities, September 2004 PDF
Wind Energy Basics: How Wind Turbines Work from the U.S. Department of
Energy Wind Web Tutorial from American Wind Energy Association
American Wind Energy Association Wind
Energy from U.S. Department of Energy Wind
Powering America
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Nebraska Wind Maps
Wind Energy and Birds and Wildlife
