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PUBLICATIONS
Since Northwest SEED was
founded in 2001, the organization has been known for
its ability to research and compile the best information
needed for development of clean energy projects into
easily accessible guides and publications.
 Northwest
Community Solar Guide
Developed in partnership with the Bonneville Environmental
Foundation, The Northwest Community Solar Guide offers
an in-depth look into the various forms of community
solar projects. It explores the Community Solar movement
and concepts; the financial and political restraints
and opportunities; and a practical look at organizing
and establishing a business model.
Guidebook
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 ENERGY
PLANNING: A Guide for Northwest Indian Tribes
This guidebook, created by Northwest SEED with funding
from the Bullitt Foundation, is a new tool to help Native
American Tribes develop a plan to achieve energy independence.
The guide contains information and resources to help
select and implement projects to conserve energy, generate
clean, renewable energy, construct efficient and environmentally
friendly buildings and other energy related community
or business projects --- all tailored to the geography
of the Northwest and the people of its Tribes.
Guidebook
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Section Downloads
Introduction
Section
2: Creating an Energy Plan
Section
3: Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Section
4: Renewable Energy
Section
5: New Construction/Green Building
Section
6: Transportation
Section
7: Financial Resources
Section
8: General Resources
Glossary
and Appendices
 The
Next Step for Biomass Energy Development in Clallam
County
This guidebook, created by Northwest SEED, the Institute
for Washington's Future, and the Northwest Cooperative
Development Center, with funding from the Washington
State Department of Ecology, is a new tool to help
communities on the Olympic Peninsula assess the potential
for local biomass energy development. The guide contains
information and resources to help select and implement
projects, and discusses the complexities involved
in making a biomass project work.
Guidebook
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 COMMUNITY
WIND: An Oregon Guidebook
This guidebook, created by Northwest SEED for the
Energy Trust of Oregon, provides background information
on community wind development and lays out the components
of a project, including assessing a wind resource,
siting, permitting, ownership models, interconnection,
financing, and sources of financial assistance. Hard
copies of the Guidebook are available, free of charge,
from the Energy
Trust.
Guidebook
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Section Downloads
Cover
and Table of Contents
Section
1: Purpose
Section
2: Project Design and Management
Section
3: Resource Assessment
Section
4: Site Control
Section
5: Permitting
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6: Interconnection
Section
7: Financing and Development
Section
8: Resources
Appendices
References
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Map Back Cover
Permitting
Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook
Northwest SEED worked with the American Wind Energy
Association (AWEA) and the California Energy Commission
(CEC) to produce and release the most comprehensive
guide to date for small wind turbine owners and local
officials seeking to understand and improve permitting
regulations affecting small wind energy systems.
Prospective turbine owners and planning
officials alike will find the handbook, "Permitting
Small Wind Turbines: Learning from the California
Experience," useful reading. It is the first
publication to explain in detail how California's
groundbreaking state law (Assembly Bill 1207), establishing
permitting standards for small wind energy systems,
applies at local levels. The guide also directs turbine
owners to special state incentives that reduce the
costs of small-scale renewable energy installations.
RESOURCE EVALUATION
The Atlas is an 80-page,
full-color presentation of the renewable energy resources
in the West, including newly-released high-resolution
wind maps of the Pacific Northwest. The Atlas profiles
wind, solar, geothermal and biomass power.
Sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation
and The Energy Foundation, the Atlas was created by
the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, Northwest
Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED),
Green Info Network and Integral GIS.
www.energyatlas.org
ON-LINE RESOURCES produced with the assistance
of NWSEED Staff
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Renewable
Energy Atlas of the West