Just one gigawatt of wind-generated energy would create 800 permanent new jobs in addition to 20,700 direct job-years in manufacturing and installation. The potential job increase and the ability for wind energy to supply power to homes along the coast has government officials buzzing with wind energy plans.
While Iraq has oil, China has Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and in reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we are increasing our dependency on REEs for our wind turbines, electric vehicles, nuclear power, and laser technology.
The environmentally catastrophic month of April ended with one bright spot: The approval of the long embattled Cape Wind offshore wind farm near Cape Cod, Massachusetts -- Americas first offshore wind farm.
Last Friday, the Lone Start State broke the US wind power generation record by producing 19% of the state's total electricity mix, tripling their wind energy production from the prior year.