Resource	Technical	Health & Environ- mental	Legistlative Legal Tax	Zoning Issues	Large Scale Wind	Residential Wind	Surveys	Town Interface	Miscellaneous	Grants & Financing	Notes
1. good article for assessing visual impact www.Publicservice.vermont.gov/energy/eefiles/wind/vissering_report"	X	X		X
2. links to Vermont studies on renewable energy http://www.publicservice.vermont.gov/energy/ee_renewables.html				X	X	X
3. some practical ideas on building turbines in cold areas (Searsburg, Vt.) http://www.gmpvt.com/whoweare/searsburg.shtml	X				X
4. many links including British and Danish reports www.aweo.org	X			X	X
5. many negative comments about wind power including Fenner, and Tug Hill projects (pictures and other info) http://www.windaction.org/about		X			X
6. glossary of terms used in wind power www.undeerc.org/wind/literature/Wind_Glossary.PDF	X	X			X	X
7. general info (mostly negative) about  wind power www.wind-watch.org	X	X	X	X	X	X
8. legal considerations for wind power https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20498WP%20Wind%20Power%20Systems/Legal%20Considerations%20of%20Wind%20Power%20Generation.pdf			X
9. Review of some state and federal policy incentives http://www.flaginc.org/topics/pubs/arts/CommWindAug06.pdf			X							X
10. American Wind General information (mostly positive) about wind power www.awea.org					X	X
11. Annual report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends:2006 http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/pdfs/43025.pdf	X				X	X
12. numbers and other info d.o.e. www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html	X				X
13. effect on property values www.repp.org/articles/static/1/binaries/wind_online_final.pdf				X
14. legal considerations for landowners (American Bar Association) www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2007-07-08/ostrander.shtml			X
15. Fenner Renewable Energy Education www.fennerwind.com		X			X
16. first hand account of Fenner project http://xray.rutgers.edu/~matilsky/windmills/Windfarm_story.htm		X							X
17. general info (positive) about Tug Hill wind farm (Name changed to Maple Ridge Wind) http://www.mapleridgewind.com					X
18. positive accounts of Tug Hill wind farm http://winteridge.wordpress.com/category/windmills					X
19. some details on Tug Hill wind farm http://www.tughill.org/FLAT%20ROCK%20WIND%20project%20summary.pdf	X
20. audio from public radio about Tug Hill project (life beneath the turbines) http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/mapleridge/mapleridge.html		X
21. more audio from public radio about Tug Hill (New York towns hope wind power will save economy) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5260426		X
22. effects of integrating wind power on transmission system planning,reliability, & operations (NYSERDA) this report discusses technical problems of varying wind availability http://www.nyserda.org/publications/wind_integration_report.pdf	X				X	X
23. NYS wind energy toolkit (some topics include legal aspects, community wind power, environmental – has several legal links) seems to cover many different topics http://www.powernaturally.org/Programs/Wind/toolkit.asp	X	X	X	X	X	X
24. what Helderberg community wind committee has done and found (they did some interesting work including a trip to Fenner. Also involved in wind turbine installation in our entire local area including now Richmondville) http://www.helderbergwind.org/whats%20been%20done%20/presentations.html		X		X	X	X
25. an interesting map- if I read it right it shows approx. 17mph wind in this area with 345kV transmission line passing through http://www.awstruewind.com/files/NY_spd100m.pdf	X				X
26. talks about lower costs in generating power http://www.awea.org/faq/cost.html					X
27. answers some questions about noise requirements http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/simple-guidelines-for-siting-wind-turbines-to-prevent-health-risks/	X	X		X	X
28. same author as #27 but explains in more detail the suggested requirements, how to make measurements, etc. http://www.northnet.org/brvmug/WindPower/Kamperman-James.pdf	X	X		X	X
29. town of Cherry Valley policies, procedures, and zoning for wind power – appears very comprehensive- includes large scale and small wind power systems http://www.northnet.org/brvmug/WindPower/CherryValleyWindOrdinance.pdf			X	X
30. town of Bethany wind power study committee report – it appears very comprehensive http://www.townofbethany.com/other%20pdf%20files/Wind%20Turbine%20Committee%20Report.pdf	X	X	X	X	X	X
31. nature conservancy near Tug Hill Farm fights expansion – interesting reasons besides birds, etc. http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/02/12/tug-hill-wind-farm-generates-objections/	X	X
32. has many links to noise studies related to wind power http://concernedcitizens.homestead.com/files/windfarms/noise.html	x	x			x
33. World Health Organization – one brief mention of low frequency sound (dBC – dBA > 10dB implies potential problem in paragraph 4.3) otherwise not terribly informative http://www.ruidos.org/Noise/WHO_Noise_guidelines_4.html		X
34. has a link at the bottom to a rather technical study of infra-noise and guidelines for protecting people from effects http://www.windaction.org/documents/17229	X	X		X
Protective of environment. Points out many negatives. Ron & Dawn Jordan. http://www.helderbergcommunitywatch.org/		X
Renewable Energy Policy Project (Same as 13 above) http://www.repp.org/wind/index.html	X	X	X		X	X
National Renewable Energy Lab: http://www.nrel.gov/wind/
Report only on the upsides. Prepared together with DOE. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/28421.pdf			X		X
We Oppose Wind Farms - legislator emails: http://we-oppose-windfarms.tripod.com/id21.html			X	X	X
Nina Pierpont, MD - Wind Turbine Syndrome & other wind turbine health issues: http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/		X
Best Power Solar - practical overview info on wind: http://www.bestpowersolar.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=51	X					X
Financing model for cities/towns. Energy payments through town's property tax system. http://solarfeeds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5236:san-diego-goes-for-the-berkeley-plan&catid=80:80&Itemid=173#			X							X
MuniMae - financing for wind projects. Private company. Just for ideas. http://www.munimae.com/index.html http://mmarenew.com/Programs/Wind.html					X					X
Wind Industry Website. Very favorable to wind without any discussion of concerns. http://www.windustry.com/	X		X	X	X
Solar American Board for Codes & Standards. Noel has report by Colleen Kettles - well done. http://www.solarabcs.org/ http://www.solarabcs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72:aolaraccess-solarrights&catid=37:codes_panels			X							X
Windustry - wind energy lease agreements. Very pro-wind. http://www.windustry.com/search/node/lease+agreements http://www.windustry.com/your-wind-project/community-wind/community-wind-toolbox/chapter-7-leases-and-easements/community-win			X	X	X
AWEA website with industry policy recommendations: http://www.newwindagenda.org/ Document link: http://www.newwindagenda.org/pdf/AWEA_NewEraBrochure.pdf Full Report: http://www.newwindagenda.org/documents/Wind_Agenda_Report.pdf			X		X						Presented to look like a US Gov website. In fact, policy paper is from wind industry, not US Gov Policy. Section 5=wind power project siting. Section 6= federal research and development wind program funding
DSIRE = Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency http://www.dsireusa.org/ For NY State: http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=NY&RE=1&EE=1			X		X	X				X	For grants & other incentive programs.
Dutch Wind Energy Site. http://www.windenergy-the-truth.com/	X	X			X						Takes a data based approach to their conclusions.
Bergey Wind Power http://www.bergey.com/	X					X					High quality manufacturer Small Wind Turbines 1kW-10kW
Fortis Wind Power http://www.fortiswindenergy.com/	X					X					Another High Quality manufacturer 800w to 10kW
SWIEP - Small Wind Information Exchange Program http://www.ualberta.ca/~mtyree/SWIEP/Publications.html	X					X					Out of Canada. Info on manufacturer predicted vs. actual wind power produced + other multiple resources.
Wind Watch aka National Wind Watch http://www.wind-watch.org/	X	X	X	X	X						a nonprofit coalition for raising awareness of the shortcomings of industrial wind energy and its negative impacts
NY State Wind Turbine Incentives by brand and size: http://www.powernaturally.org/programs/wind/incentives.asp											Incentives vary by a) Size of Wind Turbine b) Tower height  c) Class of customer (residential, farm,  Schools, non-profit, Government, etc.
Cohocton Wind Watch http://www.batr.net/cohoctonwindwatch/			X	X	X						Bottom of site has video clip on Eminent Domain.