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Acknowledgements
Renewable Energy Atlas of the West: A Guide to the Region's Resource Potential
ISBN 0-9721568-0-1
Authors: John Nielsen, Susan Innis and Lesslie Kaas Pollock at the Land and
Water Fund of the Rockies; Heather Rhoads-Weaver and Angela Shutak and
Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development
Map production: Dick Cameron at GreenInfo Network
Graphic design: Karen Parry/Black Graphics
Cover design: Karen Parry/Black Graphics
Cover photos: NREL
Interactive map tool: Patrick Moore and David Goode at Integral GIS
The authors would like to thank the many individuals and organizations that assisted us by providing data, thoughtful comments and direct financial or in-kind support.
A special thanks to the Hewlett Foundation and The Energy Foundation for providing funding to make the Atlas possible. Our gratitude to Ben Paulos (The Energy Foundation) for his support and oversight throughout the project.
Thanks also to the US Department of Energy, specifically Cathy Iverson at the Denver Regional Office; Curtis Framel, Jeff James and Chuck Collins at the Seattle Regional Office; and Larry Flowers, Steve Palomo and the Wind Powering America team. We also thank the National Renewable Energy Laboratory staff for their invaluable contributions, particularly David Renne, Pamela Gray-Hahn, Liz Brady, Dennis Elliott, Marc Schwartz, Donna Heimiller, Brian Parsons, Ray George, and Jerry Nix. We also thank Randy Manion at the Western Area Power Administration for his guidance. DOE/NREL also donated many of the photos used.
Maria Richards at the Southern Methodist University Geothermal Laboratory provided data and assistance with the geothermal maps. Selya Price assisted with the REPiS database. Troy Gagliano (National Conference of State Legislatures) and Susan Gouchoe (Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy, North Carolina Solar Center) assisted with information for the policy summaries. Kurt Granat (Pacificorp) assisted with information on power demand in the West. For their direct and in-kind support, we thank the Western Governors' Association, Platts/McGraw Hill and ESRI.
The Northwest wind power maps are the result of the hard work by Michael Brower and others at TrueWind Solutions, who produced high quality maps on an ambitious timeframe. We also thank Bob Baker, Stel Walker, Ron Neirenberg, John Wade, Rich Simon and NREL's Wind Resource Assessment Team for their insights in validating the new wind power maps. Thanks to Tom Osborn and George Darr at the Bonneville Power Administration; Aaron Jones, Madina Cavendish and Diane Gasaway at the Northwest Cooperative Development Center; Dave Ryan at NorthWestern Energy; John Nunley at the Wyoming Business Council and the numerous additional sponsors of the Northwest Wind Mapping Project.
Numerous reviewers provided valuable feedback on draft documents. In particular we thank Ed DeMeo (Renewable Energy Consulting Services, Inc.), Ron Lehr (National Wind Coordinating Committee), Steve Clemmer (Union of Concerned Scientists), Sheryl Carter (Natural Resources Defense Council) and Doug Larson (Western Interstate Energy Board). We also thank Bruce Driver, Eric Guidry, Rick Gilliam, David Berry; Claudia Putnam and the rest of the staff of the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies for their ongoing support and advice.
We would also like to recognize the consultants and collaborators who contributed to this project: Jayson Antonoff (grnNRG Consulting), Michael Lazarus (Tellus Institute), Tadd Lisman, Sarah Peterson, and Rachel Hein (NWSEED), Rudd Mayer and Wendy Newman (LAW Fund). Patrick Moore and David Goode (Integral GIS) developed the interactive Web site component of the Atlas (www.EnergyAtlas.org).
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