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Wind Energy Web Links
Click on the links below to learn even more about wind energy!
Wind energy – general information
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm
National Renewable Energy Laboratories (U.S. Government site) – wind energy
http://www.nrel.gov/wind/
Wind Energy Atlas of the United States
http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/atlas_index.html
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For farmers and landowners
Ecowatch – Article on U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn and Wind Energy
http://www.ecoworld.org/Home/articles2.cfm?TID=100
National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Wind Energy for Farmers and Ranchers
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/fr_wind.html
U.S. Department of Energy – wind info
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windopoweringamerica/index.asp
Windustry – “Learn how to harvest the wind”.
http://www.windustry.org
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Energy and environmental organizations
American Bird Conservancy wind energy policy
http://www.abcbirds.org/polocy/windenergy.htm
Avian Wind Literature Database
http://www.nrel.gov/wind/avian_lit.html
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
http://www.acore.org/
Earth Policy Institute
http://www.earth-policy.org/
Environmental Defense – clean air program
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/cleanairforlife.cfm?linkID=28
Interfaith Works – renewable energy
http://www.interfaithworks.org/program-renewable.html
Natural Resources Defense Council – clean air & energy
http://www.nrdc.org/air/default.asp
Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP)
http://www.repp.org/wind/
Power plant air pollution locator
http://www.cleartheair.org/dirtypower/
Sierra Club – clean energy page
http://www.sierraclub.org/vision/energy.asp
Sustainable Energy Coalition
http://www.sustainableenergy.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCSUSA) – clean energy page
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/
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Global warming
Global Warming – Early Warning Signs (North America)
http://www.climatehotmap.org/namerica.html
U.S. Energy Information Administration – GHG page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/environment.html
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – GHG page
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html
Regional green house gas initiative
http://www.rggi.org/
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) – climate change graphics
http://www.grida.no/climate/vital/index.htm
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Health organizations
American Lung Association – Air Quality
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33691
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Environment & Health
http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Enviro_Home
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For teachers and kids
Energy Information Administration “Energy Kids Page”
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html
Kid Wind Project
http://www.kidwind.org/
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project
www.NEED.org
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New York
Alliance for Clean Energy New York
http://www.aceny.org
Environmental Advocates of New York
http://www.eany.org/index.html
New York Farm Bureau
http://www.nyfb.org
New York State Wind Energy Toolkit
http://www.powernaturally.org/Programs/Wind/toolkit.asp
New York State Department of Public Service - New York Sate RPS program
http://www.dps.state.ny.us/03e0188.htm
Final Environmental Impact Statement of the NYS RPS Program
http://www.dps.state.ny.us/NY_RPS_FEIS_8-26-04.pd f
New York Interfaith Power & Light
http://www.nyipl.org/
New York Public Research Interest Group
http://www.nypirg.org
New York State Energy Research and Development Association (NYSERDA)
http://www.nyserda.org
New York State Public Service Commission - Environmental Disclosure Labels
http://www.dps.state.ny.us/EnvLabels.html
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Michigan
Ecology Center
http://www.ecocenter.org/
Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
http://www.glrea.org
Michigan Environmental Council
http://www.mecprotects.org/
Michigan Farm Bureau
http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com
Michigan Interfaith Power & Light
http://www.miipl.org/
Michigan Public Research Interest Group
http://www.pirgim.org
Michigan Small Business Association
http://www.sbam.org
Next Energy
http://www.nextenergy.org/
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Regional renewable energy organizations
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
http://www.nesea.org/
Renewable Northwest Project
http://www.rnp.org/
Renew Wisconsin
http://www.renewwisconsin.org/
Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association
http://www.treia.org/
Massachusetts / Nantucket Sound
http://www.cleanpowernow.org/
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Wind and renewable energy news
Environmental Finance
http://www.environmental-finance.com/online.htm
North American Wind Power
http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/
ReFocus – International Renewable Energy
http://www.re-focus.net/
Renewable Energy Access
www.renewableenergyaccess.com
Wind Power Monthly
http://www.windpower-monthly.com/
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Companies in the wind energy business
General Electric Wind Energy
http://www.gepower.com/business/ge_wind_energy/en/index.htm
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International links
A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources (AGORES)
http://www.agores.org/
Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA):
www.auswea.com.au
British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)
http://www.bwea.org
Canadian Wind Energy Association (CANWEA)
http://www.canwea.org/
Danish Wind Industry Association:
www.windpower.dk
European Wind Energy Association (EWEA):
www.ewea.org
Finnish Wind Power Association:
www.tuulivoimayhdistys.fi
German Wind Energy Association:
www.wind-energie.de
Indian Wind Energy Association:
www.indianwindpower.com
Irish Wind Energy Association:
www.iwea.com
New Zealand Wind Energy Association (NZWEA):
www.windenergy.org.nz
UK “Embrace the Revolution” – wind energy advocacy campaign
http://www.embracewind.com
YES2WIND – wind energy advocacy site by Friends of Earth, Greenpeace, and WWF
http://www.yes2wind.com/10_faq.html
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