Sammanfattning: The global goal is to have a development process that is sustainable. This can be justified for environmental, moral, and for the purpose of this study, business reasons. To do this the current business process in question, the wind project development process, should be given recommendations for sustainability. Sustainability though is dependent on the level of analysis. To benefit from sustainability thinking the level at which the wind projects impacts occur must be considered. This is why wind power is perceived sustainable at a national and global level but not at the local level where projects meet permitting resistance. By comparing the differences between sustainability at the local and national / global levels sustainability effects from wind power development can be identified. Local sustainability strategies can then be applied to the wind development process to identify when and where sustainability thinking will add value. For practical application qualitative case study data will be used to support the analysis. Grounding the analysis is an understanding of the concepts involved with framing, managing, and assessing sustainability.