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• Project Planning
  • Project Scope & Plan
  • Typical Project Phases
    • Development Phase
    • Construction Phase
    • Operations & Maintenance Phase
  • Cost Management
  • Risk Management
  • Procurement
  • Professional Assistance
• Wind
  • Resource Assessment & Siting
    • Siting Factors
    • Resource Validation
    • Collecting & Correlating Data
    • Data Analysis
    • Turbine Micro-siting
    • Additional Siting Considerations
  • Site Control
  • Permitting
    • Communicating with Permitting Officials
    • Communicating with Neighbors
    • Zoning & Conditional Use Permit
      • Elements of a CUP - 1
      • Elements of a CUP - 2
      • Elements of a CUP - 3
    • Other Approvals
  • Wind Interconnection
  • Financing & Development Models
    • Ownership Structure Considerations
      • Securities Compliance
    • Ownership & Financing Models
    • Sources of Project Capital
      • Debt Financing
    • Financing Incentives
    • Estimating Energy Production & Value
  • Construction
  • Wind Case Studies
    • Spirit Lake
    • Hull Wind
    • Minwind
    • Rosebud Sioux
    • Patu Wind
• Solar
  • Technology
    • Grid-Tied PV Systems
    • Grid-Tied PV with Battery Backup
    • Off-Grid Systems with Batteries
    • Off-Grid Systems without Batteries
  • Resource Assessment
  • Siting and System Design
    • PV Design Choices
  • Selecting Solar Professionals
  • Interconnection & Net Metering
  • Financing and Project Models
    • Utility-Sponsored Model
    • Special Purpose Entity (SPE) Model
    • Non-Profit Model
    • Best-Fit Ownership Models
    • Securities
  • Financial Analysis & Incentives
    • Financial Comparison
  • Solar Case Studies
    • SMUD Solar Shares
    • Ashland Solar Pioneers II
    • Ellensburg Community Solar Project
    • St. George SunSmart
    • University Park Community Solar LLC, Maryland
    • Clean Energy Collective LLC, Colorado
    • Winthrop Community Solar Project
  • Guide to Community Solar
• Bio/Geo & Efficiency
  • BioEnergy
  • BioEnergy Technology
  • BioEnergy Case Studies
    • Anaerobic Biogas Project
    • Landfill Gas to Energy Project
    • Wood-Fueled CHP Project
    • County Transit Biodiesel Project
    • Biomass Guide - Clallam County, WA
  • Geothermal
  • Geothermal Case Studies
    • Klamath Falls
    • Elko County
    • Feather River College
  • Conservation & Efficiency
• Utility Relationships
  • Value of Renewable Resources to a Utility
    • Energy Value
    • Capacity Value
      • Assessing the Capacity Value
    • Transmission/Distribution Value
      • Transmission in the Pacific Northwest
    • Additional Benefits
    • Tools for Resource Planning
  • Energy Purchase & Sales
  • Interconnection
    • Community Installations <100kW
      • Technical Aspects of Interconnection
      • Regulatory or Utility Requirements
    • Community Installations >100kW
      • Interconnection Steps
  • Power Quality & Intermittency
    • Power Quality Issues
    • Intermittency
• Resources
  • Financing Incentives
    • Federal Incentives
    • State Incentives
      • Washington
      • Oregon
    • Utility Programs
    • Environmental Attributes
  • Publications & Web Tools
  • Community Participation in Large-Scale Projects
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Acknowledgements
• Benefits of Wind Energy
• Landowners
• Community Groups
• Project Developers
• Government
• Community Energy Benefits
• About Us
• Tribes