Small Wind

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Supplemental Links

Websites:

• U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Savers Website. Solar Water Heaters. http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/water_heating/index.cfm/mytopic=12850
• U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Savers Website. Farms and Ranches. http://www.energysavers.gov/your_workplace/farms_ranches/index.cfm/mytopic=30001
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Sense Website: www.epa.gov/watersense

On-line booklet:

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (produced) for the U.S. Department of Energy. A Consumer’s Guide: Heat Your Water with the Sun. DOE/GO-102003-1824. www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/34279.pdf

Magazines:

• home power: http://homepower.com/home/
• Home Energy: http://www.homeenergy.org/
• Solar Today: http://www.solartoday-digital.org/solartoday

• US DOE:  How a small wind electrical system works:  http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/electricity/index.cfm/mytopic=10900
• NorthWestern Energy:  A consumer’s guide to harnessing the wind:  http://www.montanagreenpower.com/wind/PDF/montanawindpowerpub.pdf
• Wind Roses for Sites in the Western Region Climate Center area:  http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/wraws/nidwmtF.html
• Free Wind Mapping Resources:
  • http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps.html
  • http://www.windpowermaps.org/windmaps/states.asp
  • http://www.nrel.gov/eis/imby/
• Renew Wisconsin Small Wind Toolbox
• UC-Davis SWEET economic model:  http://cwec.ucdavis.edu/smallwind/econtool/
• MSU Wind and Irrigation Model Spreadsheet:  http://www.montana.edu/softwaredownloads/energydownloads.html
• Home Power Magazine Buying Guide:  http://homepower.com/article/?file=HP137_pg44_Woofenden

• US DOE:  How a small wind electrical system works:  http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/electricity/index.cfm/mytopic=10900
• NorthWestern Energy:  A consumer’s guide to harnessing the wind:  http://www.montanagreenpower.com/wind/PDF/montanawindpowerpub.pdf
• Wind Roses for Sites in the Western Region Climate Center area:  http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/wraws/nidwmtF.html
• Free Wind Mapping Resources:
  • http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/maps.html
  • http://www.windpowermaps.org/windmaps/states.asp
  • http://www.nrel.gov/eis/imby/
• Renew Wisconsin Small Wind Toolbox
• UC-Davis SWEET economic model:  http://cwec.ucdavis.edu/smallwind/econtool/
• MSU Wind and Irrigation Model Spreadsheet:  http://www.montana.edu/softwaredownloads/energydownloads.html
• Home Power Magazine Buying Guide:  http://homepower.com/article/?file=HP137_pg44_Woofenden

Complete Bibliography

• Alternative Energy Institute. (n.d.).
• American Wind Energy Assocation. (2008). In the Public Interest: How and Why to Permit for Small Wind Systems. Washington DC: AWEA.
• Association, A. W. (2008). Windletter. Retrieved December 2010, from www.awea.org: http://www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/Toolbox-Homeowners/Questions%20Any%20Manufacturers%20Should%20Answer.pdf
• Bergy. (n.d.). WindCAD Turbine Performance Model. Retrieved April 2010, from Bergy Excel Calculator Battery Charging Version: www.bergey.com/Technical/ExcelR.xls
• California Energy Comission Renewable Energy Program. (2002, February). Buying a Small Wind Electrical System. Retrieved April 2010, from Buying a Small Wind Electrical System Publication Download:
  http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/erprebate/documents/2002-05-01_WIND_GUIDE.PDF
• California Energy Commission. (2003). Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook. Washington DC: American Wind Energy Association.
• Energy Information Administration. (2011, March). EIA Energy Kids. Retrieved March 30, 2011, from EIA: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=wind_home-basics
• Gipe, P. (2006, January 23). Generator Ratings and Capacity Factors. Retrieved December 2010, from Wind-Works.org: http://www.wind-works.org/articles/generatorratingandcapacityfactors.html
• Gipe, P. (2006, January 23). Wind-Works.org. Retrieved April 14, 2011, from Generator Ratings and Capacity Factors: Why You Should Avoid Them:
  http://www.wind-works.org/articles/generatorratingandcapacityfactors.html
• J.F. Manwell, J. M. (2010). Wind Energy Explained. West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. Jim Green, Wind Powering America. (2003, October). NREL Small Wind Speakers Toolkit. Golden, CO, USA.
  Reference List – Small Wind
• MSU College of Engineering. (2009, July). MSU Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved April 11, 2011, from Wind Application Center: http://www.coe.montana.edu/me/wind/skystream/4H_Presentationl.pdf
• National Renewable Energy Labratory. (2008). Webinar: Zoning for Small Wind: The Importance of Tower Height. Golden, CO, USA.
• NREL. (2005). US Small Wind Consumer’s Guide. Boulder: NREL.
• NREL, Rebecca Meadows. (2009, December 7). Basics of Farm/Residential Small Wind Turbines. Presentation . Great Falls, MT: NREL.
• REUK. (2010, May). Wind Speed Distribution Weibull. United Kingdom.
• Sagrillo, M. (2002, August & September). Apples and Oranges 2002: Choosing a Home-Sized Wind Generator. Home Power Magazine , pp. 50-66.
• Sagrillo, M. (n.d.). Renew Wisconsin Small Wind Toolbox. Retrieved December 2010, from Operating and Maintenance Expenses:
  http://www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/Toolbox-Homeowners/Operation%20and%20maintenance%20costs.pdf
• Sagrillo, M. (n.d.). Renew Wisconsin Small Wind Toolbox. Retrieved April 14, 2011, from Planning Your Wind System
  – Guides : http://www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/windtoolbox.htm
• Sagrillo, M. (n.d.). Renew Wisconsin Small Wind Toolbox. Retrieved April 14, 2011, from Planning Your Wind System
  – Guides 6&7: http://www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/windtoolbox.htm
• Sagrillo, M. (2010). Renewwisconsin.org. Retrieved March 2011, from Back to the Basics 6: Estimating Annual Energy Output:
  http://www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/Toolbox-Homeowners/Back%20to%20the%20Basics%206-Estimating%20Annual%20Energy%20Output.pdf
• State of Montana. (n.d.). Energize Montana. Retrieved April 13, 2011, from Net Metering and Easements: http://deq.mt.gov/Energy/Renewable/NetMeterRenew.mcpx Reference List – Small Wind
• US Department of Energy. (2011, March). State Energy Database. Retrieved April 12, 2011, from EIA Consumption Price and Expenditures Estimates: http://www.eia.doe.gov/states/_seds.html
• US Energy Information Administration. (2010). Annual Energy Outlook 2010. Retrieved June 2010, from Energy Outlook: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/pdf/trend_1.pdf
• USDA Rural Development. (2009). Small Wind Quick Guide. Retrieved March 9, 2010, from USDA Rural Development: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/biz/QuickGuide2SmallWind.pdf
• Western Regional Climate Center. (2010). Wind Roses from Montana. Retrieved May 2010, from Western Regional
  Climate Center : http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/wraws/nidwmtF.html
• Wind Works: Paul Gipe. (2000, Summer). Testing Power Curves of Small Wind Turbines.
• Woofenden, I. (2008, October & November). Home Power Magazine. Retrieved December 2010, from Wind Power Curves: What’s Wrong, What’s Better?:
  http://homepower.com/article/?file=HP127_pg92_Woofenden
• Woofenden, I. (2009, Dec/Jan). Learning the Ropes: A Beginner’s Guide to Tower Climbing Saftey. Home Power Magazine , pp. 66-70.
• Woofenden, R. B. (2010, Feb/March). Wind Electric System Maintenance. Home Power Magazine , pp. 98-103.
• WY, U. o. (n.d.).
• US Department of Energy. (2011, March). State Energy Database. Retrieved April 12, 2011, from EIA Consumption Price and Expenditures Estimates: http://www.eia.doe.gov/states/_seds.html