Wind energy can produce as much as nukes, says DOE

An Energy Department report being released today concludes that by 2030 wind turbines can generate as much as a 20 percent of the nation's annual electricity needs. That's about the same share of the nation's electricity now produced by nuclear power, the Associated Press reports.

"Wind energy today accounts for only about 1 percent of the nation's electricity," the AP notes, but the DOE report says that in two decades wind could be producing 300,000 megawatts of power.

"The report envisions more than 75,000 new wind turbines, many of them larger than what is in use today, and an expansion of transmission systems to move power from high-wind areas to other parts of the country," the AP story notes.

To read a press release from DOE about the new report, which is being released at 2 p.m., click  here. To read the report in PDF format, click here.

--Craig Pittman

Comments

[N.Walter]

Outstanding, its great to see alternative energy taking off.