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December 04, 2008

Wind of change

Energy: Wind power has established itself as an important source of renewable energy in the past three decades. The basic idea is ancient, but its modern incarnation adds many new high-tech twists

By The Economist print edition

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Zoltek's Take: This article does a fantastic job of covering both the past and future of wind energy. Noting the details and thoroughness of this article, we only want to take a moment to list what we think are some of the main takeaways of this article, which are that:

  • Wind power is on the rise
  • Wind power, globally, is expected to triple by the end of 2012
  • Wind power is widely available
  • Wind power does not produce pollution or greenhouse gases
  • Wind power could easily meet the world’s current energy needs
  • Wind power competed with fossil fuels without subsidies
  • Wind power continues to benefit from major technological breakthroughs

This is a very well written article that paints a very real picture of how far the wind energy industry has come and just how far it can go.

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