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Analysis, economic impacts of wind applications in rural communities, June 18, 2004 - January 31, 2005
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
The purpose of this report is to compile completed studies on the economic impact of wind farms in rural communities and then to compare these studies. By summarizing the studies in an Excel spreadsheet, the raw data from a study is easily compared with the data from other studies. In this way, graphs can be made and conclusions drawn. Additionally, the creation of a database in which economic impact studies are summarized allows a greater understanding of the type of information gathered in an economic impact study, the type of information that is most helpful in using these studies to promote wind energy development in rural communities, and the limitations on collecting data for these studies. These studies were conducted in many different fashions, so it was sometimes difficult to use the same template for all studies. For this reason, some of the categories on each spreadsheet may be slightly different from others.
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Mode of access: Internet from the NREL web site. Address as of 3/28/08: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/39099.pdf ; current access available via PURL.