Windfarms: Landowner and Leasing Issues

Wind siting information geared toward landowners

• Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) (Univ. of North Dakota), “Harvesting the Wind-A Landowner’s Guide to Wind Energy Development in the Great Plains (April 2003)
• “LANDOWNER GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION CONTRACTS,” by Stephen B. Harsh, David Schweikhardt, and Lynn Hamilton of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Michigan State University (July 2008)
• Ontario Federation of Agriculture “30 Suggestions on Wind Power Leases for Farmers“
• Wind Energy Development in New York State: Issues for Landowners (Cornell, 2005) “This bulletin attempts to provide a useful background on wind power generation and its physical requirements. It also describes initial individual and community considerations, potential conflicts and resolutions, a description of a lease agreement, and some potential benefits and risks.”
  
• Wind Energy Production: Legal Issues and Related Liability Concerns for Landowners in Iowa and Across the Nation (2008 Report by Roger McEowen, Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation)
• WindFarmers’ Guide to Wind Energy: Legal Issues in Farming the Wind (Farmers’ Legal Action Group, 2007)
• Wind Farmers Network (Windustry) (“a discussion forum for those interested in wind power to exchange ideas and information about wind power resources, economics, technology, and how to develop a wind project. Feel free to ask a question in one of our forums. An expert in wind power will post a response shortly.”)
• Windustry’s Landowner Guide to Evaluating a Wind Developer (“This guide presents a number of questions and issues for landowners to consider before signing a lease with a developer.”) (March 2009)
• Windustry generally on leases

Landowner Associations

• Landowner Wind Associations in the West (draft) by Tony Frank and Bill Midcap (Nov. 2008)