National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Renewable Energy Focus

AGENCY GUIDANCE MATERIALS

BLM, Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy on Public Lands

EPA and Climate Change

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

The California Energy Commission - Large Solar Energy Projects

Oregon Energy Office, Planning for Locally-Regulated Energy Facilities

 

MAPS / DATA

U.S. Solar Radiation Resource Maps

U.S. Wind Energy Resource Atlas

USGS Multimedia Gallery

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency

 

ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS

The World Bank

The International Solar Energy Society

International Association of Energy Economics

International Federation of Consulting Engineers

International Geothermal Association

Global Solar Thermal Energy Council

American Solar Energy Society

American Wind Energy Association

European Biomass Association

Women of  Wind Energy

 

ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS

Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS

Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS

Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Programmatic EIS

Geothermal Resources Leasing Programmatic EIS

Cape Wind Energy Project Final EIR (America’s First Offshore Wind Farm)

Lompoc Wind Energy Project Final EIR (County of Santa Barbara)

 

OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook, Learning from the California Experience

Streamlined Zoning and Permitting Procedures

Wind Power Guidelines, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife , April 2009