Cascade County, Montana, Commissioner Peggy Beltrone, initiated an aggressive, first-of-its-kind wind power marketing program in 2002 to attract wind power development. It was part of a plan to reverse a declining tax base and expand economic opportunities. Today, Cascade County welcomes developers with rich resources to easily prospect ideal locations for wind development. Digital wind maps bring together into one package all the essential wind data as a free service to wind developers. It is the centerpiece of the wind marketing program. The county also connects developers to business relationships, by introducing them to landowners, contractors, land agents, and permitting officials.
This page provides software applications to help individuals, developers, local governments, and utilities make decisions about wind power. The page also lists publications and articles about economic development impacts that accrue from wind projects.
Projecting costs and benefits of new installations, including the economic development impacts created, is a key element in looking at potential wind applications. Communities, states, regions, jobs (i.e., construction, operations and maintenance), the tax base, tax revenues, and others can be positively affected. These benefits are in addition to the impacts for the owner or developer. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Jedi is a user-friendly tool that calculates economic impacts from wind projects. It allows you to easily identify the local economic impacts associated with constructing and operating wind power plants. JEDI is for wind developers, renewable energy advocates, government officials, decision makers, and other potential users who might not have the resources to develop
their own economic development model. It is designed to accommodate a broad user base with varying experience with economic development modeling. It accommodates inexperienced spreadsheet users, those unfamiliar with economic impact analysis, and more experienced and knowledgeable users who need this type of analysis.
Small Wind Economic Model
The Small Wind Economic Model is a spreadsheet tool that can help you analyze the economics of a small wind electric system and decide whether wind energy will work for you (MS Excel 102 KB).
WEF provides quick, detailed economic evaluation of potential utility-scale wind energy projects. The tool is designed for those who have general experience with project financial analysis but little knowledge of wind projects. Potential users include: state and local economic development officials, rural landowners interested in owning or benefitting from wind energy projects, applicants pursuing 2002 Farm Bill funding for renewable energy projects under Section 9006 and the Value-Added Producer Grant Program, and rural co-op and municipal utility officials. Wind Energy Finance Brochure (PDF 2 MB)
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Type of Information |
Program Area |
Title |
More Details |
| 11/3/2008 |
DC |
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Econ. Dev.
Policy
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Wind Power Webinar: Turning a Breeze into Cash for Your Community |
...more |
| 10/26/2008 |
CO |
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Public Power
Econ. Dev.
Policy
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National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference |
...more |
| 10/21/2008 |
DC |
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Econ. Dev.
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Linking Renewables and Demand Response Webinar |
...more |
| 10/17/2008 |
NJ |
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Econ. Dev.
Policy
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New Jersey Clean Energy Conference and Leadership Awards |
...more |
| 8/12/2008 |
MI |
Web Resource
News
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Econ. Dev.
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Washtenaw County, Michigan Wind Project |
...more |
| 7/28/2008 |
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Publication
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Econ. Dev.
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Variables Affecting Economic Development of Wind Energy |
...more |
| 6/30/2008 |
MI |
Publication
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Econ. Dev.
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Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Michigan |
...more |
| 6/30/2008 |
NE |
Publication
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Econ. Dev.
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Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Nebraska |
...more |
| 6/30/2008 |
OH |
Publication
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Econ. Dev.
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Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Ohio |
...more |
| 6/30/2008 |
MD |
Publication
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Econ. Dev.
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Economic Benefits, Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reductions, and Water Conservation Benefits from 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of New Wind Power in Maryland |
...more |
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