Links
Download: Kansas transmission line map
Kansas Partner Organisations and Information
- Kansas Rural Center: our WAC partner. Many more useful wind links
- Kansas Energy Office Community Wind Website: includes county wind maps
- Kansas Dept of Wildlife and Parks Wind Resource Planner: links as many GIS data layers for the state of Kansas as possible to the state wind map. Check transmission lines, sensitive species, highways, and more, compared to the wind resource for any given site. Zoom in to activate all the features.
National Wind (and Solar) Siting Resources
- AWS Truewind Wind Navigator: public-access wind maps linked to Google satellite imaging
- 3-Tier's Firstlook: another tool similar to AWS's.
- NREL's IMBY: yet another free tool. This one does both solar and wind, but data is not available for both in all states (no wind for KS.)
National Organisations with Information for Home- and Landowners
- Windustry
Webpage
for Landowners Considering Leasing: Go here first if a
developer is
asking you to lease for wind!
- Negotiating Wind and Land Agreements from the Farmers Legal Action Group. One chapter in a larger book, targeted towards land owners.
- An archive of Webinar power points on Leases and Easements
- High Plains Extension Work Group: includes links to webinars on small wind and other useful information for landowners.
National Wind Organisation Home Pages
- Wind
Powering America: US Dept of Energy/National Renewable Energy
Lab
outreach webpage for wind information
- American
Wind Energy Association: for businesses, employment, and
everything
"wind" in the US
- Windustry: the Community Wind Website
- Danish Wind Energy Association: has an excellent tutorial ("Know-How" in top menu) on how wind works, as well as info on wind energy in the EU
- European Wind Energy Assocation
- Canadian Wind Energy Association: Wind in French, or English!
