Is wind energy blowing away the competition? It would appear so,
as this alternative energy source is currently the fastest
developing renewable power in the US. The science behind wind
power is simple; as there is wind, there will be an energy
source. As such, countries have put their wind turbines in areas
where stronger and more consistent winds are known to be, such
as high altitude sites and near the oceans. While the turbine
farms we currently have work efficiently, the only criticism of
wind power is that in order to fully provide sources of energy
to the world, there would have to be wind turbines everywhere
and critics fear we do not have enough land for that. In the US,
however investment in the wind sector is continuing to grow.
Last year wind power in the United States had reached about
35,000MW of installed capacity (enough to power 9.7 million
homes), with the country surpassing Germany as the world's
largest producer of wind generated power. The US now even has
the world's largest wind farm in