The majority of studies indicate that the range of increased operations-period [economic] impact [of community wind] is on the order of 1.5 to 3.4 times…and operations-period [job] impacts are 1.1 to 2.8 times higher for community wind.
John Farrell directs the Energy Democracy initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and he develops tools that allow communities to take charge of their energy future, and pursue the maximum economic benefits of the transition to 100% renewable power.