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U.S. wind power growing fast but still lags

CNET NEWS -- Wind-generated electricity is growing rapidly in the United States but the pace still lags far behind that in China, the organizer of an industry conference in North Carolina said.

"With the right policies in place, we can see explosive growth...It's a global footrace," said Jeff Anthony, business development director of the American Wind Energy Association.

Although the United States has the largest amount of installed wind power capacity in the world, the wind power industry is "fighting to get on a level playing field" with other government-subsidized power providers, Anthony told a conference of parts manufacturers, suppliers, wind project developers, and economic development officers from around the southeastern United States.

"What the wind industry looks like in the U.S.

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oldiesman Champion Author New York Posts:1,667 Points:1,264,185 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:51:56 AM Ignore oldiesman Report Abuse Lets see if it is not all hot air.
gasper All-Star Author Edmonton Posts:630 Points:510,290 Joined:Mar 2002	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:48:14 AM Ignore gasper Report Abuse I find that these huge tower are not very attractive driving by. I hate to say this but nuclear energy away from populated areas is the best in my opinion.
Greg6901 All-Star Author Oakland Posts:577 Points:220,730 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:47:50 AM Ignore Greg6901 Report Abuse It needs to be sustainable.
Mr.Dirt Champion Author Albany Posts:4,998 Points:1,786,365 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:47:25 AM Ignore Mr.Dirt Report Abuse what we need is the wind turbines to be built in this country not china
ifallsguy Champion Author Minnesota Posts:2,738 Points:758,800 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:46:16 AM Ignore ifallsguy Report Abuse check out Honeywell since they just developed a home wind turbine system for under $5k which will produce power in a 2mph breeze
THEDodgeman Champion Author Denver Posts:3,077 Points:974,145 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:45:34 AM Ignore THEDodgeman Report Abuse go wind.......get blown away
nedthenanite Champion Author Mississippi Posts:4,065 Points:785,285 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:45:15 AM Ignore nedthenanite Report Abuse Because in China they still have vast swaths of farmland that the authoritarian government has no trouble razing to put up windmills. Whereas here, there's people who fight them at every turn because we can't just up and make people leave when we wanna install a farm.
mreiff Champion Author Louisville Posts:1,623 Points:365,120 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:43:00 AM Ignore mreiff Report Abuse I wish I could have a wind turbine on my house!
epf Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,594 Points:926,075 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:40:44 AM Ignore epf Report Abuse I'm encouraged by this for America, I hope we find the courage to make the transformation.
Long_gone Champion Author Chicago Posts:1,073 Points:168,800 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:37:38 AM Ignore Long_gone Report Abuse If the government is subsidizing, ultimately the government controls it.
zippy452 Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:4,184 Points:830,710 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:36:32 AM Ignore zippy452 Report Abuse How much electricity could the Democrats and the News media produce this weekend talking about the Health Reform Legislation pending in the House this weekend?
Skipper52 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:2,556 Points:633,925 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:36:07 AM Ignore Skipper52 Report Abuse It's up to private industry to put them up. We don't need more government.
CptnCanada Champion Author Saskatoon Posts:2,764 Points:414,050 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:33:31 AM Ignore CptnCanada Report Abuse They should put 1000's of wind generators around Washington Dc ( and Ottawa Canada) we would then have a surplus of power
bluebird1 Champion Author Toronto Posts:10,732 Points:2,147,270 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:33:25 AM Ignore bluebird1 Report Abuse I'm with fedex09, sounds great till gets to gov't subsidized...I guess wind isn't subsidized enough compared to others - but still better than subsidizing corn-E. Of course China is big gov't who even subsidized gasoline (maybe still does).
Pucked Champion Author Fort Worth Posts:1,091 Points:210,780 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:33:21 AM Ignore Pucked Report Abuse All sources are good.
biza4u Champion Author New Haven Posts:3,626 Points:660,430 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:32:35 AM Ignore biza4u Report Abuse More wind power
Cuzilla Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:8,824 Points:1,552,390 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:32:20 AM Ignore Cuzilla Report Abuse Not in my back yard! You can keep your bird-killing lightning-magnet eye-sore whirligigs out of my environment! This article is nothing more than a puff piece for the evil giant wind corporations and their running dog lackys! Hey, we can play a page from the Eco-Nazi's playbook too!!!
DieselKat Champion Author Tennessee Posts:1,721 Points:1,414,575 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:32:05 AM Ignore DieselKat Report Abuse No one is saying how profitable it is. If it has to be Government-Subsidized, it's not.
DrLyon Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,919 Points:255,300 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:30:15 AM Ignore DrLyon Report Abuse Alternative power is a great way to save form oil and natural gas needs.
fedex09 All-Star Author Missouri Posts:605 Points:656,035 Joined:Jan 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:29:43 AM Ignore fedex09 Report Abuse The words I dislike to hear are "government subsidized" If a product cant stand on it's own then it should be developed more until it can stand on its own.
janctx Champion Author Lubbock Posts:2,649 Points:858,335 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:28:44 AM Ignore janctx Report Abuse now we have to have policies in place?????
impala2008 All-Star Author Ontario Posts:594 Points:214,030 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:27:42 AM Ignore impala2008 Report Abuse Very little to do with gas pricing.
thirstyauto Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:6,170 Points:644,365 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:24:20 AM Ignore thirstyauto Report Abuse Okay, so are we going to have wind powered cars now??
GoBlazers Champion Author Washington Posts:2,814 Points:401,410 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:22:51 AM Ignore GoBlazers Report Abuse Flick to remote and let the body glide.
Tundralimited2009 Champion Author Dallas Posts:2,587 Points:520,450 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:22:40 AM Ignore Tundralimited2009 Report Abuse "With the right policies in place", ??????????
dbatw Champion Author St. Louis Posts:1,686 Points:341,165 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:22:15 AM Ignore dbatw Report Abuse I hate that phrase concerning the United States: "still lags far behind that in China". Come on, wake up America. We can dominate this field and get off the fossil fuel highway to hell.
Zakmeister All-Star Author Cleveland Posts:633 Points:209,145 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:21:43 AM Ignore Zakmeister Report Abuse To become less dependant on other countries we need to go ahead with ALL forms of energy.
Tnerbeel Champion Author Houston Posts:3,757 Points:778,585 Joined:Mar 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:21:40 AM Ignore Tnerbeel Report Abuse Once was the day the USA would lead the rest of the world, both in technology as well manufacturing. We've been left behind in technology and ran the manufacturing across the borders.
VetteBlue Champion Author San Jose Posts:5,496 Points:1,123,535 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:21:21 AM Ignore VetteBlue Report Abuse I hope it works out. I'm not convinced yet. Too expensive to build and to inconsistent to produce electricity.
twiper1 Champion Author San Diego Posts:2,946 Points:632,095 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:20:37 AM Ignore twiper1 Report Abuse This is the big downfall of the U.S. We insure all people of the world has the latest technology while we do nothing for ourselves. The we get ridiculed for it, and caled a bad country.
JB1881 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:5,031 Points:1,051,685 Joined:Aug 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:20:33 AM Ignore JB1881 Report Abuse I hate looking at windmills! Let's go NUCLEAR!
goldilox88 Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,258 Points:625,555 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:17:48 AM Ignore goldilox88 Report Abuse Looking forward to the day that we have alternative energy sources from which to choose.
jessek Sophomore Author Detroit Posts:201 Points:628,825 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:17:25 AM Ignore jessek Report Abuse All the folks who are complaining about "ugly" windmills, did you also complain about the "ugly" cellphone towers? Or did we adapt?
MahopacJack Champion Author New York Posts:3,072 Points:722,225 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:17:02 AM Ignore MahopacJack Report Abuse Most of the Wind Turbine parts are built OVERSEAS. Again, we spending TAXPAYER FUNDS to BENEFIT OTHER NATIONS!!!
rocket_ron Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,423 Points:1,042,915 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:15:59 AM Ignore rocket_ron Report Abuse I bet our per capita rate is faster.... It is like saying Podunk is way behind California in wind turbine installations [Edited by: rocket_ron at 3/20/2010 11:17:38 AM EST]
no_monkey2002 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:3,793 Points:1,125,140 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:13:15 AM Ignore no_monkey2002 Report Abuse we need to hardness the hot air that is blowing around washington and we will have all the electric we need for years
grandmacbc Champion Author Buffalo Posts:1,746 Points:535,295 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:11:45 AM Ignore grandmacbc Report Abuse The American worker is getting too lazy. They just want to be the managers. What happened to 8hrs of work for 8 hrs. of pay????
goalie1950 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:1,625 Points:326,400 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:11:22 AM Ignore goalie1950 Report Abuse Not sure that this alternative energy source will ever succeed in the US because of the growing objection of residents that have the turbine farms located in their neighborhoods and complain about the noise generated by these turbines.
jessek Sophomore Author Detroit Posts:201 Points:628,825 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:10:30 AM Ignore jessek Report Abuse Pretty much like everything else we do...a day late and a dollar short. Then we play catch-up.
PaylessKY Champion Author Kentucky Posts:3,595 Points:666,330 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:09:37 AM Ignore PaylessKY Report Abuse These items shoould be built in the USA.
packards42 Champion Author Washington Posts:1,682 Points:306,280 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:09:20 AM Ignore packards42 Report Abuse If I put in a wind turbine do I get Carbon credits to sell and what would 10kw be worth in carbon credits. not much i suspect.
arnerator Champion Author Seattle Posts:3,247 Points:656,910 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:08:46 AM Ignore arnerator Report Abuse Besides everything else, this would get a lot of people working again.
SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:5,302 Points:662,680 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:07:54 AM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse >They should use all available sources of energy and lately there has been a lot of hot air in Washington D C. < Pede, nothing new there, though the volume seems to be increasing. Maybe telepromters could have a windmill attachment and some good might flow . . . .
JediKnight Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:3,186 Points:1,513,215 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:04:27 AM Ignore JediKnight Report Abuse 9C1, Yes you'll want "alternative" power sources available (they don't need to be conventional) when the Wind Generation is "offline". Yes, just like with Solar (which one could say is more reliable) you'll want to factor in use of "constant" power sources as required. The cool thing is that those "constant" power Sources may not need to be running at 100% as often... which means any pollutants it may generate won't be as much... had Wind/Solar not been part of the equation. It isn't part of today's "One Plant" model... where power is centralized... but there is some positives to decentralize power generation. You can have "Central" then have plenty of smaller generators (conventional or otherwise) in local areas... The footprint might be much smaller in that "Central" will allows be providing power... but most of it will be local... and power usually wasted by "Central" just to transmit and be ready for that "peak" need at any moment will save plenty of costs.
BWD Champion Author Charleston Posts:2,422 Points:1,619,835 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:03:22 AM Ignore BWD Report Abuse Lets pick it up!
Diesel_Ram Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,718 Points:556,925 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:03:05 AM Ignore Diesel_Ram Report Abuse UMassLowell - That would probably have the same power output as the Hover Dam
UMassLowell Veteran Author Dayton Posts:425 Points:216,570 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:02:04 AM Ignore UMassLowell Report Abuse Its a shame we cannot harness the wind from the blowhards in DC
pliskin Champion Author Syracuse Posts:3,204 Points:980,035 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:00:27 AM Ignore pliskin Report Abuse The initial cost would seem to be the major drawback for most homeowners that I know. From there on it would take care of itself until it was time for the maintenance which is said can be costly if anything major were needing replacement.
kriketgirl Sophomore Author Michigan Posts:104 Points:338,000 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 11:00:10 AM Ignore kriketgirl Report Abuse Every little bit helps. Michigan is working toward getting more wind power.
KodiakAlpha Sophomore Author Phoenix Posts:116 Points:357,370 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 10:59:40 AM Ignore KodiakAlpha Report Abuse Imagine the environmental impact if we actually dedicated enough land to supply a significant percentage of our electricity from wind. For that matter, I wonder if taking that much energy out of the air might cause greater changes to our weather patterns than whatever might be caused by CO2 emissions.
majorfall Champion Author New York Posts:10,857 Points:2,175,515 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 10:59:30 AM Ignore majorfall Report Abuse we need to REMOVE subsidies on mature power generation like fossil and nuclear and alternative would be able to stand on its own..
Texrider49 All-Star Author New Haven Posts:648 Points:215,520 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Mar 20, 2010 10:59:07 AM Ignore Texrider49 Report Abuse there is a business in CT that installed a wind turbine to generate 1/3 of his power may if that does well he will install a second one to take over more of his power needs.