Wind Energy

There is an abundance of information resources on Wind Energy on the web.

We will not attempt to duplicate all of this information here, rather, we will provide short quotes, and links to the original sources.

U.S. Department of Energy

This site includes information on how wind energy works, and average wind speed, by state

State of Michigan

Wind and Solar Energy page
This site includes information on State Incentive Programs, demonstration centers, case studies, andmore.

Wikipedia:

and is growing rapidly, having doubled in the past three years."

.  Here is the table of contents:

• 1 History
• 2 Wind energy
  • 2.1 Distribution of wind speed
• 3 Electricity generation
  • 3.1 Grid management
  • 3.2 Capacity factor
  • 3.3 Penetration
  • 3.4 Intermittency and penetration limits
  • 3.5 Capacity credit and fuel saving
• 4 Turbine placement
• 5 Wind power usage
  • 5.1 Power analysis
• 6 Small-scale wind power
• 7 Economics and feasibility
  • 7.1 Relative cost of electricity by generation source
  • 7.2 Growth and cost trends
  • 7.3 Theoretical potential - World
  • 7.4 Theoretical potential - UK
  • 7.5 Direct costs
  • 7.6 External costs
  • 7.7 Incentives
  • 7.8 Full costs and lobbying
• 8 Environmental effects
• 9 See also
• 10 References
• 11 External links
  • 11.1 U.S.