ELPC Publications and Presentations

Publications

ELPC’s newly updated Community Wind Financing Handbook: Explains the options for structuring and financing community-based wind power projects.(.pdf file)

American Success Stories: This report, published in August 2006, highlights some of the innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that have received funding through the Federal Farm Bill’s clean energy programs. (.pdf file)

Mitigating Global Warming Through the Farm Bill is the first study to examine the potential greenhouse gas savings of the Farm Bill Energy Title. The study shows that renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in the U.S. Farm Bill could reduce greenhouse gas pollution by 57 million metric tons a year – the equivalent of eliminating the pollution from over 11 million cars. (.pdf file)

Wind Energy Supply Chain Fact Sheets – Clean energy presents a tremendous opportunity for economic growth. These fact sheets detail how the wind industry is creating manufacturing jobs across the Midwest. Fact sheets on growing the green economy are available for these areas (.pdf files) :
The Midwest, The Dakotas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio.

WTO Legal Impacts on Commodity Subsidies: This ELPC report finds that the WTO legal ruling on commodity subsidies may provide opportunity to gain support for farm-based natural resources conservation and clean energy development programs. (.pdf file)

Midwest/Great Plains Wind Power Project Map: Shows the locations of all existing and planned wind power projects in the region. (.pdf file)

Illinois Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: This report contains the conclusions of a study performed by ELPC on the water quality of Illinois’ rives, lakes and streams, and Illinois’ implementation of the Clean Water Act. (.pdf file)

Repowering the Midwest: The clean energy development plan for the heartland.

Job Jolt: The Economic Impacts of Repowering the Midwest. (.pdf file)