The Smart Grid You Can Plug In Now With Your Own Wind Turbine

The website of the American Wind Energy Association has a convenient map showing details of the phenomenal, 2008 growth of the wind-electric industry in each state. The U.S. has a whopping 25,170 megawatts (MW) of installed wind-turbine capacity, enough to electrify 6 million homes. Now under construction is 4,451 MW of new capacity, a 17.7% increase. .