A Community Wind Meeting will be held at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Bldg. in Scott City, on north US83 Hwy., at the Scott County Fairgrounds. As you get to the north end of Scott City, turn east at the golf course (Fairground Road) and you can’t miss it.

The Harvesting Clean Energy Conference is the Northwest’s premiere gathering to advance rural economic development through clean energy production. Clean energy offers practical, profitable opportunities for our farmers, ranchers, rural utilities and towns, tribes, and regional economy.

What It Covers

With talk of wind as an alternative energy source for south-central Kansas, a wind energy summit is being planned for area producers, wind energy enthusiasts, landowners, county commissioners, city commissioners and other interested parties.

Steve Errebo, Lincoln County Commissioner, will give an overview of an entire completed wind farm project.

In this interview with the Climate Energy Project, Dan Nagengast of the Kansas Rural Center talks about community wind opportunities in Kansas.

Click here to read the interview. 

The November/December 2007 issue of Rural Cooperatives, a magazine published by USDA Rural Development, features wind energy.

Developing community wind is no simple task. Experts on this panel will dissect both legal and financial aspects of the development process to show how the many pieces can fit together. Topics covered in this session will include the legal aspects of your business structure, negotiating power purchase agreements, understanding and locating tools for financing, factors affecting financing and your proforma.

This report by David Morris of the Institute for Local Self Reliance can be downloaded here.

Community wind is a growing sector of wind development that promises to increase local energy independence and prosperity without contributing to global warming.

 Wind energy development is expanding rapidly, creating many opportunities for communities to participate in wind development. Windy acreage, once cursed for losing top soil, is now seen as a potential goldmine. Many farmers and landowners are clamoring to get in on the action. Wind energy offers many financial, environmental, and social benefits to the communities and individuals who choose to get involved with its development.