Winnebago County Plan Commissioner Network

Past meeting resources

February 27, 2008@ JP Coughlin Center, Topic: A look at renewable energy options and considerations in your community

Discussion Outline - (2 pages77 KB)

Outline of Towns Role in regulating wind farms -by Atty. John St. Peter (9 pages, 364 KB)

Excerpt from Wisconsin Towns Association magazine, overview of wind regulations - by Rick Stadelman, (3 pages, 393 KB)

Draft Model Wind Ordinance for Wisconsin towns and counties, Feb 2007 (6 pages, 43 KB)

Model Wind Ordinance Reference guide, April 2007 -accompanies the draft model ordinance (18 pages, 42 KB)

Local example -Town of Menasha Code, Section 29.10, Wind Energy Systems, created 2/07 (35 pages, 282 KB)

Local example - Town of Menasha Fee Schedule for building wind/solar systems (2 pages, 70 KB)

Diagram illustrating different sizes of small and utility scale wind turbines, source: Renew Wisconsin (1 page, 97 KB)

Useful websites:

• Midwest Renewable Energy Association (www.the-mrea.org)
• Focus on Energy - Renewable Energy overview (www.focusonenergy.com/Renewable/)
• RENEW Wisconsin, Small WInd Toolbox (www.renewwisconsin.org/wind/windtoolbox.html)
• National Wind Watch (www.wind-watch.org)

National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Impact of Wind Energy - from this webpage, you can either purchase a full report, or download a free Executive summary and Report summary, or read the entire report on line. Scroll down and look under "Free Resources" to access these reports.

If you would like a hard copy set of any of these resources please contact me directly at cneiswender@co.winnebago.wi.us

If you have any questions regarding the Plan Commissioner Network in Winnebago County, please contact:

Catherine Neiswender
Winnebago County - UW Extension
Suite 600
625 E. County Road Y
Oshkosh, WI 54901-8131
Phone: 920-232-1972 or 920-727-8643
Fax: 920-424-1277
Email: cneiswender@co.winnebago.wi.us