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proceeds by examining specific types of conflicts that can arise. Many of
the principles outlined in this chapter will reappear and help to shape the
analysis of particular conflicts in the chapters that follow.
Notes
1 See, e.g. , http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wind/wind_potential.html (United States
wind resource map produced by National Renewable Energy Laboratory) (last
visited June 13, 2012); http://powerroots.com/pr/renewables/solar_photo-
voltaic.cfm (United States photovoltaic resources map produced by the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory) (last visited June 13, 2012); http://re.jrc.ec.europa.
eu/pvgis/countries/countries-europe.htm (Links to maps of solar photovoltaic
resource potential in Europe produced by the European Commission Joint
Research Centre) (last visited Feb. 24, 2014).
2 The concept of externalities is among the most fundamental in basic micro-
economic theory and is covered in introductory economics courses. See, e.g .,
James R. Kearl, Principles of Economics 412-428 (D.C. Heath and Company,
1993).
3 For simplicity, this example focuses on an onshore commercial-scale wind energy
project, although very similar analysis would follow for concentrating solar
projects or even for smaller forms of renewable energy development.
4 To learn more about renewable portfolio standards, visit the United States
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's webpage on this topic, available at www.
nrel.gov/tech_deployment/state_local_activities/basics_portfolio_standards.html
(last visited June 5, 2013).
5 The United States' Production Tax Credit (PTC) program was first introduced
in 1992 and has been amended numerous times. Among other things, it has
offered per-kilowatt-hour tax credit for energy generated from certain renewable
sources, including wind. For a primer on the PTC and launching point for greater
research on this topic, visit the U.S. Department of Energy's online Database of
State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency at http://dsireusa.org/incentives/
incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=US13F (last visited June 6, 2013).
6 For a detailed introduction to feed-in tariffs in Europe, see generally Miguel
Mendonca, et al., Powering the Green Economy (Earthscan, 2010).
7 For example, according to a 2012 Yale University poll, 78 percent of Americans
believed that the United States should increase its use of renewable energy
resources like wind, solar, and geothermal power. See Anthony Leiserowitz, et
al., Public Support for Climate and Energy Policies in September 2012 at 4,
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University
Center for Climate Change Communication (September 2012) (available at
http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/Policy-Support-
September-2012/ (last visited June 5, 2013).
8 For the author's own analysis of this topic, see generally Troy A. Rule, Wind
Rights Under Property Law: Answers Still Blowing in the Wind , Probate &
Property, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 56-59 (November/December 2012).
9 The author has also explored the topic of “solar rights” statutes in some detail.
See generally Troy A. Rule, Shadows on the Cathedral: Solar Access Laws in a
Different Light , 2010 U. Ill. L. Rev. 851, 876-88 (2010).
10 The topic of wind turbine wake interference is addressed in far greater detail in
Chapter 3 .
11 To ease reading, footnotes from this excerpt were intentionally omitted.
 
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