Blown Away

Wind energy is cost efficient, and much easier on the environment than fossil fuels. It "has become more attractive as an alternate fuel source for an electricity generation." Wind farms have been created all over the place which have increased the amount of energy the US uses daily. Thus, the popularity of wind energy has increased as well.The Energy Policy Act of 2005, extended the wind-energy production tax of $0.019 per kilowatt hour for electricity generated with wind turbines over a project's first 10 years of operation.The turbines that convert the wind to electricity are unsightly, noisy and could kill migrating birds, and on sunny days their rotating blades can cause an annoying "shadow flicker".
" In another twist, more than a dozen wind projects totalling at least 500 MW of capacity in the Midwest were put on hold by the federal government earlier this year. Their fate will remain in limbo until the US Department of Defense completes a study ordered by the Congress to determine whether the 300-foot-high wind turbines interfere with military radar." All in all, popularity of wind energy is increasing steadily and I would not be surprised if more of their 'farms' were created within the next 10 years or so.

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