Harnessing wind energy has a long history. In China and Egypt, archeologists have found “windmills” used to grind grain and pump water, dating as far back as 500 BC. Windmills have been in use ever since. But in the early 1970s, when oil embargoes caused acute energy shortages in the United States, harnessing the wind took on greater importance as not only another power source, but as a renewable energy power source.
Most recently built wind parks are for large-scale, commercial electric power production. This increasing demand for large wind parks, both on and offshore, has stimulated the development of new high-efficiency wind turbines. Here is an excerpt from American Wind Energy Association:”
STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
ON A NATIONAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD (RPS)
AWEA urges Congress to enact strong Bingaman RPS,
oppose weakening Domenici Amendment
As the U.S. Congress takes up wide-ranging energy legislation, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued the following statement in support of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) proposed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico. Sen. Bingaman’s RPS would require that 15% of the country’s electricity come from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2020.
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