The U.S. has some of the best wind resources in the world and is poised to become the largest global wind power producer over the next few years. While commercial wind power has reached the mainstream in the U.S., community wind power projects are just starting to appear. This is in spite of the fact that community wind can provide a number of benefits including greater public acceptance of wind power, greater use of distributed generation, and increased economic activity for rural areas. This report seeks to provide readers with knowledge of the current status of community wind power in the U.S. and discuss the factors which are encouraging its development.

The Development of Community Wind Power in the U.S. provides industry participants with a thorough understanding of the potential for community wind power in the U.S., as well as the issues that need to be resolved for community wind power projects to become commonplace. Topics covered in the report include:

• Overview of wind power and how community wind power differs from commercial wind power
• Discussion of the history of community wind power
• Analysis of the benefits of community wind power
• Identification of the barriers that are hindering the development of community wind power and how to overcome them
• Discussion of state efforts to support the development of community wind power
• Evaluation of the different types of community wind power projects and ownership models 
• Profiles of key U.S. community wind power developers

The Development of Community Wind Power in the U.S. comes in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is available via electronic download, CD-ROM, or Hardcopy for $299.