Many land owners across the state have been approached recently with offers for wind energy land leases, leading the Northwest, Southeast, and West Central Regional Clean Energy Resource Teams to hold meetings in June where they discussed the ins and outs of land leases for wind development.
The meetings helped to educate the many attendees on wind rights and development choices, on how to ensure you get a fair agreement, on your options, about where to access resources for advice, and on some sense of the big picture and why this is an opportunity.
Read on to view the resources from the meetings, including notes and presentations. The more you know, the more you and your community have to gain!
NW CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 18, 2008. Northwest Region
- Meeting Summary
- Wind Energy Overview and Opportunities (1.6mb pdf) – Brad Stevens, EERC
- C-BED, REDI and the DG Study (6.2mb pdf) – Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Wind Energy Options for Farmers, Ranchers & Rural Landowners (1.3mb pdf) – Lisa Daniels, Executive Director, Windustry
SE CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 25, 2008. Southeast Region
- Meeting Summary
- Rural Energy Development Initiative (REDI) (6mb pdf) — Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Wind Energy Options for Farmers & Rural Landowners: Risks and Rewards (730kb pdf) — Melissa Peterson, Program Analyst, Windustry
WC CERT Meeting on Land Leases for Wind Development, June 27, 2008. West Central Region
- Meeting Summary
- Rural Energy Development Initiative (REDI) (3.6mb pdf) — Cheryl Glaeser, Program Specialist, Southwest Initiative Foundation
- Wind Energy Options for Farmers & Rural Landowners: Risks and Rewards (740kb pdf) — Melissa Peterson, Program Analyst, Windustry
- Dispersed Renewable Generation Transmission Study (3.7mb pdf) — Mike Michaud, Matrix Energy Solutions
