Wind Energy

Organizations

• Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area Scientific Review Committee
• American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
• California Energy Commission (CEC)
• California Wind Energy Association (CalWEA)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC)
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
• Western Bat Working Group (WBWG)

Documents

• California Guidelines for Reducing Impacts to Birds and Bats from Wind Energy Development (PDF)
• Anderson, R. L., M. Morrison, K. Sinclair, and D. Strickland (1999). Studying Wind Energy/Bird Interactions: A Guidance Document (PDF), National Wind Coordinating Committee, Washington, D.C.
• Kunz, T., H., Edward B. Arnett, Brian M. Cooper, Wallace P. Erickson, Ronald P. Larkin, Todd Mabee, Michael L. Morrison, M. Dale Strickland, and Joseph M. Szewczak (2007). Assessing Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Nocturnally Active Birds and Bats: A Guidance Document  (PDF). Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8): 2449–2486
• National Wind Coordinating Committee - Mitigation Toolbox 2007 (PDF)
• National Research Council Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Projects (2007). Environmental Impacts of Wind-Energy Projects. Washington, D. C., The National Academies Press.  Abstract/selected chapters available on line; PDF available for purchase from the National Academies Press at: www.nap.edu/catalog/11935.html