Wind Energy Research Begins

I started seriously collecting sources on the potential for wind energy. The good news is there are plenty of studies out there- the bad news is its going to be quite a long task finding the most useful information! So far, the future of wind looks pretty optomistic- a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and AWS Truewind finds that the capacity for wind energy in the US is 10.5 GW. However, that is making a lot of assumptions about how much space we are able to take up and how high wind turbines would be perched above the ground. While we are not delving into the political and social potential to implement these renewable energy solutions, there are clearly many barriers to be addressed while considering the feasiblity of wind energy.