The Law of Wind: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues
Explore potential litigation risks in wind energy development, including disputes in state and federal courts, regulatory proceedings before agencies like FERC, and strategies for
These laws ultimately raise the question of whether the use of federal lands for wind and solar projects is permissible, given these projects' encroachment on other land uses and their disproportionate land requirements, especially when reasonable project alternatives with higher capacity densities are technically and economically feasible.
On average, siting wind energy facilities through a state siting process takes longer than doing so through a local process, as more documentation is typically required at the state level. In Oregon, for instance, the issuance of a site certificate for a wind project may take from 12 to 18 months or more if there is heavy opposition.
Although wind energy projects are commonly praised for producing green power, they rarely receive preferential permitting treatment. Wind energy projects raise local land use, environmental, and community concerns similar to those raised by other commercial and industrial projects.
Wind energy projects raise local land use, environmental, and community concerns similar to those raised by other commercial and industrial projects. Concerted opposition to large projects by local and nationwide wind opponent groups can cause schedule delays and pro forma impacts so significant as to halt project development.
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