Policy and Research about Wind Energy
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This Policy Information section contains information about policy that affects both wind energy in general and community wind specifically. These resources will be useful both to people trying to figure out how existing policies affect them, and to elected officials and others trying to figure out how they can create and improve policies for wind and community wind.
The Benefits of Wind and Community Wind section contains information that will be useful to anyone trying to understand why wind and community wind are so important, and to those looking for tools to help convince others.
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The 2006 Minnesota Wind Integration Study found that enough wind power to supply up to 25% of Minnesota's retail electricity sales by 2020 can be reliably incorporated by the electric power system at minimal additional cost. The study was ordered by the Minnesota Legislature.
Perspectives on an NWCC/NREL Assessment of Distributed Wind offers a summary analysis of distributed wind generation in Europe and what lessons the European system offers for distributed generation in the U.S. The paper discusses many of the issues and benefits related to distributed wind generation.