Wind

Resource Source and Description Audience Topic Type Additional Tags File
State Community Power Score Map

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Community Power Score map assigns points to each state based on its policy environment for supporting local energy action.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Report
Policy or Regulation
Map
State and Local Solution Center

Explore resources that enable strategic investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies through the use of innovative practices across the United States by a wide range of stakeholders, in partnership with state and local organizations and community-based nonprofits.

Department of Energy: Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Guide or Toolkit
Small Wind Guidebook

A guide for homeowners, small businesses and farms to decide if wind energy will work for them

Department of Energy: WINDExchange
Guide or Toolkit
Small Wind Electric Systems

An overview of the components of a small wind system, as well as links to planning and installation guides

Department of Energy
General
Small Community Wind Guidebook

A guide for communities, nonprofits, businesses, farms, municipal utilities and electric cooperatives to decide whether small community wind projects are right for them

Department of Energy: WINDExchange
Guide or Toolkit
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)

REAP provides renewable energy and energy efficiency loans and grants to agricultural producers with at least 50% of gross income coming from agricultural operations, and small businesses in eligible rural areas.

USDA
General
RESNET — Certified Home Energy Professional Member Directory

Find a Residential Energy Services Network member near you.

Residential Energy Services Network
Guide or Toolkit
Property Assessed Clean Energy: North Carolina, PACE-ing Itself

2015 blog post describing the regulatory and legislative landscape regarding PACE financing in North Carolina and existing challenges to its implementation

UNC Environmental Finance Center
Report
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) and Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE)

An overview of the property assessed clean energy (PACE) model, an innovative mechanism for financing energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements on private property

Department of Energy
General
Planning a Small Wind Electric System

The Department of Energy provides guidance for estimating your wind resource, zoning, permitting and analyzing the economics of a small wind electric system.

Department of Energy
Guide or Toolkit

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