Winds Abroad

By Chris

Europe has embraced commercial wind energy. Some examples:

• DENMARK produces 20% of its electric power from wind and plans to double that figure over the next few decades.


• In GERMANY, nearly 19,000 wind turbines cover the country, generating 5% of its electricity. It will be start building hundreds of new turbines in the North and Baltic seas next year.


• BRITAIN plans to 7,000 wind turbines-enough to power all of the nations houses by 2020.

The question now is whether the United States will embrace wind power, because right now less than 3% of the electricity produced comes in this form.