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The nation’s wind power is growing, but in order to get the wind power to the areas that need it the most, billions of dollars in transmission lines will have to be built.   Although transmission lines are growing, it will take it a while before it catches up to the nation’s wind resources, which […]

The world’s number 3 maker of wind turbines expects the global wind power market to more than quadruple by 2030.   At a renewable energy conference in Berlin, chief executive of Siemen’s wind power division Markus Tackle said, “The market will shift away from Europe significantly,” and instead see a strong growth in Asia.   […]

Can wind power ever meet the world’s energy needs? A study published this week in Nature Climate Change sought to find the answer to that question. Right now wind power supplies about 4 percent of electric power in the U.S. but the study found that if we harnessed all the untapped wind, we would have enough […]

“I’ve been a longtime wind energy skeptic, but the sea of gigantic wind turbines piqued my interest,” wrote contributing writer Fred Logan in the Kansas City Business Journal. A recent drive through the Smoky Hills Wind Farm led Logan to conduct a bit of research on the history of wind energy in Kansas. He found […]