Finding "Best Practice" Documents

by Paul Gipe

This list is limited to the anglophone world and only to documents with a broad purview. Related documents in German, French, or those pertaining only to visual assessments are not included. The electronic versions of the NWCC and EWEA documents are searchable, those of BWEA and AusWEA are not.

Great Britain

Best Practice Guidelines for Wind Energy Development. London: British Wind Energy Association. November, 1994. ISBN 870054216, 24 pages. www.bwea.com/pdf/bpg.pdf

Nature conservation guidelines for renewable energy projects. Peterborough, United Kingdom: English Nature. 1994. ISBN 185716136x. 27 pages. www.english-nature.org.uk

Europe

European Best Practice Guidelines for Wind Energy Development. Brussells: European Wind Energy Association. 1999. 26 pages. www.ewea.org/doc/BPG.pdf

Australia

Best Practice Guidelines for Implementation of Wind Energy Projects in Australia. March, 2002. 101 pages. www.auswea.com.au/downloads/AusWEAGuidelines.pdf

United States

Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities: A Handbook. Washingtn, DC: National Wind Coordinating Committee. August, 2002. 50 pages. www.nationalwind.org/pubs/permit/permitting2002.pdf

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