State Approaches to Wind Facility Siting

Some states are looking to develop statewide standards or guidelines to address the patchwork of siting regulations and practices, which can vary dramatically ...

Wind, Solar and Siting: A Look at Recent Laws and Legislative ...

Decisions are left entirely to local governments. ... A hybrid approach is used, with state vs. local authority determined by a project's size.

Siting Clean Energy: An Inventory of State Policies and Permitting ...

Before a large-scale solar or wind project can be built, its developers face the complicated siting and permitting processes. A project could ...

New report offers inventory of state renewable energy siting policies ...

The research team's task was to survey and categorize a policy landscape in which every state has essentially a customized approach. “Each state ...

Siting and Permitting Wind Projects | Stoel Rives LLP

D. Comparative Advantages. On average, siting wind energy facilities through a state siting process takes longer than doing so through a local process, as more ...

Siting Wind Facilities on State-Owned Lands and Waters

Siting Wind Facilities on State-Owned Lands and Waters examines opportunities that states have explored for siting commercial-scale wind facilities on lands ...

Laws in Order: An Inventory of State Renewable Energy Siting Policies

State approaches to renewable energy siting policies can vary widely ... But before building a large-scale solar or wind project ...

Siting of Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects

Wind Energy Siting · Factors specifically impacting wind project site selection on the DOE Wind Energy Technologies Office's (WETO) WindExchange website. · A ...

State and Provincial Land-Based Wind Farm Siting Policy in the ...

As of October, 2009, Ontario has a streamlined approach for permitting and approval for renewable energy facilities, including wind power facilities. The ...

Procedural justice in wind facility siting: Recommendations for state ...

Evidence suggests that state control of wind facility siting decisions fosters new project development more effectively than local control, yet the literature ...

Land-Based Wind Energy Siting: A Foundational and Technical ...

... siting and permitting a wind project are handled by local government ... State Legislatures website offers additional details about state-level approaches to.

Solar Siting Authority Across the United States - closup

Wind. Based on NCSL's State Approaches to Wind Facility Siting (Kahn & Shields, 2020). State. Published Solar Siting. Guidelines (Y/N). Authority (State, Local, ...

Wind Project Site Selection - WINDExchange - Department of Energy

This process of selecting a location for a wind energy project, known as “siting,” includes reviewing wind maps and data, securing permits and following ...

Land-based Wind Siting | ACP - American Clean Power

Land-based wind siting · Commonsense siting policy is essential for happy host communities and continued clean energy growth. · Energy storage projects mean local ...

U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances - OEDI

The National Conference of State and Legislatures Wind Energy Siting includes legislation in regards to state approaches to wind facility siting. Here ...

The Political Challenge of Siting Renewable Energy Facilities

Under this approach, states have eliminated any role for local governments in wind facility siting. The State of Wisconsin follows this model for siting of wind ...

Seeking Standards For U.S. Siting And Approvals

In another common state jurisdic- tional approach, the state govern- ment retains primary siting authority over wind energy projects. In this case, various ...

Wind Energy & Wind Park Siting and Zoning Best Practices and ...

... state energy facility siting council or board separate from the state public utility commission. ... ways to site wind power facilities ...

Wind Siting Issues and Policies in PJM States - Marshall University

The National Academy of Sciences states that many project reviewing boards possess a “lack of understanding of visual methods for landscape analysis and a lack ...

Procedural justice in wind facility siting: Recommendations for state ...

Evidence suggests that state control of wind facility siting decisions fosters new project development more effectively than local control, ...