 | Summary- Provides examples of thorough and consistent analysis and documentation of economic impacts from wind power development. Considers three separate case studies as examples, including Lake Benton I (Lincoln County, MN), Vansycle Ridge (Morrow and Umatilla Counties, OR), and Delaware Mountain (Culberson County, TX).
- Analyzes the economic impact of each of the wind energy projects on employment, income, taxes, and provision of community services.
- Findings:
- The projects contributed to significant increases in employment, personal income, tax income, and landowner net revenues.
- Tax effects, particularly property taxes, were important.
- Non-market benefits may be important: wind power is a non-polluting, low impact, and non-extractive form of energy that provides large positive benefits to local economies but has a relatively light impact on communities and their infrastructure (schools, roads, and social services).
- Wind energy development does not involve the "boom and bust" economic and social conditions associated with other energy development.
- Considered possible negative impacts of wind energy development, such as bird kills, damages to roads, and impact on land values.
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