Comments on: Can it be? A wind farm near Taos starts to take shape — maybe. http://newmexicoindependent.com/856/can-it-be-a-wind-farm-near-taos-starts-to-take-shape-maybe New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tomgraywind http://newmexicoindependent.com/856/can-it-be-a-wind-farm-near-taos-starts-to-take-shape-maybe#comment-705 tomgraywind Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.121.217/?p=856#comment-705 Good article. Economical wind power does, indeed, depend on sufficient wind at the wind farm site. However, it's interesting to note that wind power is produced in more states than any fuel source. Twenty-five states produce coal, 39 import it. Thirty-two produce natural gas, 38 import it. Meanwhile, 35 produce wind-generated electricity. It would be a relatively simple matter to strengthen the transmission system to make more imported wind available to Florida and other states. For an authoritative look at what wind power can do, see the 20% by 2030 Technical Report from the U.S. Department of Energy at <a href="http://www.20percentwind.org">www.20percentwind.org</a>. Regards, Thomas O. Gray American Wind Energy Association <a href="http://www.powerofwind.org">www.powerofwind.org</a> <a href="http://www.awea.org">www.awea.org</a> Good article. Economical wind power does, indeed, depend on sufficient wind at the wind farm site. However, it’s interesting to note that wind power is produced in more states than any fuel source. Twenty-five states produce coal, 39 import it. Thirty-two produce natural gas, 38 import it. Meanwhile, 35 produce wind-generated electricity. It would be a relatively simple matter to strengthen the transmission system to make more imported wind available to Florida and other states.

For an authoritative look at what wind power can do, see the 20% by 2030 Technical Report from the U.S. Department of Energy at http://www.20percentwind.org.

Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.powerofwind.org
http://www.awea.org

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