Wind Energy
Kansas Wind Working Group
Kansas Topics
- Community Wind
- Kansas Wind Map (pdf format) This is a large file (8 MB), please allow time to download
- Heart of the Flint Hills Map
- Siting Guidelines for Windpower Projects in Kansas
- Small Wind Electric Systems - A Kansas Guide (pdf format)
- Small Wind Turbine Manufacturers
- Plains Organization for Wind Energy Resources (POWER)
- A Benefit Cost Study of the 2015 Wind Challenge
- Wind Energy Law: The Whirlwind Tour (30 MB) presented by the Kansas Bar Association. These copyrighted materials are posted with the permission of the Kansas Bar Association
Land Leasing, Easement & Siting Information
- Land Easement Compensation Packages (Windustry, Inc.)
- Considerations When Leasing Your Land to a Developer (Windustry, Inc.)
- An archive of Webinar power points on Leases and Easements (Windustry, Inc.)
- The Law of Wind: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues (Stoel Rives, LLP)
- Farmers' Guide to Wind Energy: Legal Issues in Farming the Wind (Farmers Legal Action Group, Inc)
- State Siting and Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities (National Wind Coordinating Collaborative, National Conference of State Legislatures)
- Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities: A Handbook (2002) (National Wind Coordinating Collabotative)
- Wind Energy Tool Kit (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)
- Siting Handbook (American Wind Energy Association)
Educational/Informational Topics
- Wind Powering America - U.S. Department of Energy
- Wind Web Tutorial
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Wind Power (pdf format)
- Danish Wind Industry Association (Denmark Recieves Nearly 20% of its Power from Wind Energy)
- Guided Tour of Wind Energy from the Danish Wind Industry Association
- Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners (U.S. DOE, Wind Powering America, National Association of Counties)
- 20% Wind Energy by 2030 - Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply (May 2008)
Associations/Groups/Promotional
- American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC)
- Utility Wind Interest Group
- Community Wind Financing Book
- North American Windpower News
Wind Developers
- American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
- BP Alternative Energy
- Clipper Windpower Inc., Carpinteria, CA
- Competitive Power Ventures, Inc., Washington, DC
- EnXco, North Palm Springs, CA
- FPL Energy, Juno Beach, FL
- Global Winds Harvest, Inc., Lincoln, MA
- Greenlight Energy, Inc., Charlottesville, VA
- Hilliard Energy, Midland, TX
- HMH Resources, Inc., Larkspur, CA
- Horizon Wind Energy, Houston, TX
- JuWi Prairie Windpower, Germany
- TradeWind Energy, Lenexa, KS
- Orion Energy LLC, Oakland, CA
- Pacific Winds, Tracy, CA
- Padoma Wind Power, La Jolla, CA
- Pioneer Wind Energy, Ft. Wayne, IN
- PPM Energy, Portland, OR
- Renewable Energy Systems, UK
- SeaWest Wind Power, San Diego, CA
- Skyward Energy
- WindLogics, Inc.
Reference to commercial products or trade names within information provided by the Kansas Corporation Commission does not constitute an endorsement and does not imply discrimination against other similar products.