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What will be really impressive is if we can ever discover a room-temperature superconductor since it would be great for renewables. By having that there would be no loss of energy due to power lines so any power source can be placed wherever it would work best and transmitted to anywhere it needs to be.
No.CA was second in 2007 but Iowa surpassed it ! The wind power growth in CA is weak but strong in Iowa.Many think Washington and Minnesota will surpass it too.
Besides in Minnesota some big wind projects are under construction.
Land in Texas and Iowa is dirt cheap relative to California.
Iowa was never a frontrunner until it decided to make wind power it's mission back in the early 2000's. The state initiated wind turbine and production programs at colleges, handed out $25M in grants and loans, has ample farmland to position turbines with very little backlash, initiated property and sales tax breaks, and multiple facilities have opened around the state that turn out hundreds of wind turbines each year.
I have been driving down I-80 and I-35 a few times during the past few years, and it's actually kinda cool to see those massive housings and 150 foot long blades going back and forth on the interstates to their new homes. they're MASSIVE.
The state added over 1,000 MW of power alone in 2009, and there are hundreds more MW going up around the state as we speak.
I think they're cool to watch as you go down the interstate, and it's good to see those hundreds of jobs that have come to the state.
Total state electric production from wind power:
2008: 7.7%
2009: 14.2%
2010: 18.5%
The state set a new goal of 50% generated from wind in the next few years. 40% will stay in-state, and 60% will be sold to other states.
Iowa was never a frontrunner until it decided to make wind power it's mission back in the early 2000's. The state initiated wind turbine and production programs at colleges, handed out $25M in grants and loans, has ample farmland to position turbines with very little backlash, initiated property and sales tax breaks, and multiple facilities have opened around the state that turn out hundreds of wind turbines each year.
I have been driving down I-80 and I-35 a few times during the past few years, and it's actually kinda cool to see those massive housings and 150 foot long blades going back and forth on the interstates to their new homes. they're MASSIVE.
The state added over 1,000 MW of power alone in 2009, and there are hundreds more MW going up around the state as we speak.
I think they're cool to watch as you go down the interstate, and it's good to see those hundreds of jobs that have come to the state.
Total state electric production from wind power:
2008: 7.7%
2009: 14.2%
2010: 18.5%
The state set a new goal of 50% generated from wind in the next few years. 40% will stay in-state, and 60% will be sold to other states.
After the hot-mess that was the BP oil spill, one would hope that the city of Houston would realize the need to attract a diversified amount of businesses (even if it means alternative/green energy businesses) to the area...I don't think there'll ever be a moratorium on wind/solar harvesting...
uhmmm, Houston already has. Thats why the Houston economy is still doing well. Energy is no longer the majority of the Houston economy.. It already is a green center
Good for anybody that can decrease our dependence upon oil in an economically justifiable way.
touche brother.
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