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Impact of Wind Development on County-Level Income and Employment: A Review of Methods and an Empirical Analysis (Fact Sheet)

Description: To gain an understanding of the long-term county-level impacts from a large sample of wind power projects and to understand the potential significance of methodological criticisms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and NREL recently joined efforts to complete a first-of-its-kind study that quantifies the annual impact on county-level personal income resulting from wind power installations in nearly 130 counties across 12 states. The results of this s… more
Date: September 1, 2012
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Marine & Hydrokinetic Technologies (Fact Sheet)

Description: This fact sheet describes the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Program. The program supports the development of advanced water power devices that capture energy from waves, tides, ocean currents, rivers, streams, and ocean thermal gradients. The program works to promote the development and deployment of these new technologies, known as marine and hydrokinetic technologies, to assess the potential extractable energy from rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters, and to help industry harness … more
Date: April 1, 2010
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Water Power for a Clean Energy Future (Fact Sheet)

Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind and Water Power Program's water power research activities. Water power is the nation's largest source of clean, domestic, renewable energy. Harnessing energy from rivers, manmade waterways, and oceans to generate electricity for the nation's homes and businesses can help secure America's energy future. Water power technologies fall into two broad categories: conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic technolog… more
Date: March 1, 2012
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Wind Energy Ordinances (Fact Sheet)

Description: Due to increasing energy demands in the United States and more installed wind projects, rural communities and local governments with limited or no experience with wind energy now have the opportunity to become involved in this industry. Communities with good wind resources may be approached by entities with plans to develop the resource. Although these opportunities can create new revenue in the form of construction jobs and land lease payments, they also create a new responsibility on the part… more
Date: August 1, 2010
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Wind for Schools Project Curriculum Brief (Fact Sheet)

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) 20% Wind Energy by 2030 report recommends expanding education to ensure a trained workforce to meet the projected growth of the wind industry and deployment. Although a few U.S. higher education institutions offer wind technology education programs, most are found in community and technical colleges, resulting in a shortage of programs preparing highly skilled graduates for wind industry careers. Further, the United States lags behind Europe (which has mo… more
Date: August 1, 2010
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Wind Power Career Chat

Description: This document will teach students about careers in the wind energy industry. Wind energy, both land-based and offshore, is expected to provide thousands of new jobs in the next several decades. Wind energy companies are growing rapidly to meet America's demand for clean, renewable, and domestic energy. These companies need skilled professionals. Wind power careers will require educated people from a variety of areas. Trained and qualified workers manufacture, construct, operate, and manage wind… more
Date: January 1, 2011
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Wind Powering America Initiative (Fact Sheet)

Description: The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America initiative engages in technology market acceptance, barrier reduction, and technology deployment support activities. This fact sheet outlines ways in which the Wind Powering America team works to reduce barriers to appropriate wind energy deployment, primarily by focusing on six program areas: workforce development, communications and outreach, stakeholder analysis and resource assessment, wind technology technical support, wind power for Na… more
Date: January 1, 2011
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Wind powering America: Iowa

Description: Wind resources in the state of Iowa show great potential for wind energy development. This fact sheet provides a brief description of the state's wind resources and the financial incentives available for the development of wind energy systems. It also provides a list of contacts for more information.
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Wind powering America: Kansas

Description: Wind resources in the state of Kansas show great potential for wind energy development according to the wind resource assessment conducted by the Kansas Electric Utilities Research Program, UWIG, and DOE. This fact sheet provides a brief description of the resource assessment and description of the state's new educational wind kiosk as well as its green power program and financial incentives available for the development of renewable energy technologies. A list of contacts for more information … more
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Wind powering America: Massachusetts

Description: This fact sheet provides a brief description of the wind resources in Massachusetts, the state financial incentives to develop wind systems and its net metering and green power programs. The fact sheet also provides a list of contacts for more information.
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Wind powering America: New Mexico

Description: This fact sheet provides a brief description of the wind resources in New Mexico and the state's net metering and green power programs. The fact sheet also provides a list of contacts for more information.
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Wind powering America: South Dakota

Description: This fact sheet contains a description of South Dakota's wind energy resources, and the state's financial incentives that support the installation of renewable energy systems. The fact sheet includes a list of contacts for those interested in obtaining more information.
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Wind powering America: Vermont

Description: Wind resources in the state of Vermont show great potential for wind energy development according to the wind resource assessment conducted by the state, its utilities, and NREL. This fact sheet provides a brief description of the resource assessment and a link to the resulting wind resource map produced by NREL. The fact sheet also provides a description of the state's net metering program, its financial incentives, and green power programs as well as a list of contacts for more information.
Date: April 11, 2000
Creator: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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