Monday, April 19, 2010

Wind Power in America’s Future: 20% Wind Energy by 2030

In 2006, a collaborative panel explored a modeled energy scenario in which wind would provide 20 percent of our nation’s electricity by 2030. Their official 2008 report estimates impacts and discusses specific needs and outcomes in the areas of technology, manufacturing, transmission and grid integration, markets, siting strategies, and potential environmental effects….