Community Owned
SolWest Renewable Energy Fair
2008
"Neighbors Powering Community" is the theme of the tenth annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair July 25-27, 2008 at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day, OR. Admission includes over 50 free workshops on both off-grid and grid-intertied renewable energy (RE) and sustainable living topics. A pre-fair workshop will install a grid-intertied solar backup power system.
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Community Wind Toolbox is now live!
The Community Wind Toolbox offers high-quality practical information, interactive tools, and links to related information for farmers and rural landowners looking to develop commercial-scale wind projects.
Click on the icon below to go to the Toolbox!
December 2007 Farm Bill Update
With the Energy Bill being signed this week void of a national Renewable Energy Standard, many Americans are wondering how other policy can help support renewable energy development in rural America. One answer is the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP, previously called Section 9006 of the Farm Bill), which provides grants and loan guarantees to farmers, ranchers and rural, small businesses for renewable energy development and energy efficiency improvements.
Arkansas Wind Energy Conference
2008
The Arkansas Energy Office is sponsoring a day-long Arkansas Wind Energy Conference on January 17, 2008 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.
Keynote speaker Larry Flowers of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory will discuss global and national trends for wind energy.
There will also be a discussion of the costs of wind-produced electricity, land leasing and financing options through private and public/private investments.
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Rural Cooperatives Magazine features wind energy
The November/December 2007 issue of Rural Cooperatives, a magazine published by USDA Rural Development, features wind energy.
The issue includes stories about:
- the Minwind projects in Luverne, MN,
- how USDA 9006 grants are supporting wind energy in Iowa,
- the technician training program at Iowa Lakes Community College,
- the Trimont, MN wind project,
- the Corn Plus Ethanol plant wind project in Winnebago, MN,
- Basin Electric Power Cooperative's wind initatives,
- Illinois Rural Electric Coop's wind turbine, and
- a great piece about opportunities for coops to participate in wind energy.
Nebraska Farmer's Union Convention
2007
The theme of this year's convention will focus on renewable energy economic opportunities for farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
Ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, carbon sequestration, and farmer- and community-owned wind (technology) each represent a new renewable energy based market with new sources of revenue.
In order to maximize the long-term economic benefits of these new value-added renewable energy opportunities for rural communities, the converence will focus on farmer and community ownership of this new renewable energy development.
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Harvesting Clean Energy 8
2008
The Harvesting Clean Energy Conference is the Northwest’s premiere gathering for agriculture and energy interests working to advance new opportunities for agriculture producers and rural communities in clean energy production. Clean energy offers real solutions – financial and practical – for our farmers, ranchers, rural utilities and towns, tribes, and regional economy.
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IRS Rev Proc 2007-65 (Establishing Safe Harbor for Wind Energy "Flip" Transactions)
IRS bulletin 2007-45 (skip to page 967) provides a summary of IRS Rev Proc 2007-65 which establishes a safe harbor for the allocation of tax credits for wind projects that use a flip business structure.
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