Indiana Wind Farm Set To Be Largest In the Nation

May 30

At 462 wind turbines; the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm in Fowler, Indiana may be the largest in the nation when completed by 2011. That is unless the 667 turbines of the Pampa Wind Farm in Texas get there first.

The Pampa Wind Farm is just a first phase in the T. Boone Pickens saga. When all four phases are completed, it may be the largest in the world. However I hope that everyone else doesn't just sit back and watch.

The Texas project is a (GE) and Mesa Power one whereas the Indiana project is a (BP) and Dominion Power one. It is great to see projects now on the road or in the field so-to-speak. Just yesterday we wrote about the John Deere (DE) projects in Missouri. And lets not forget the solar farm project in the Mohave Desert. If our own government is too greedy and stubborn to do the right thing, at least we have our big business who now have the blinders off and are leading the pack. Sad though, for if our government would take the lead when it should, we would have had this activity long ago. Look at Germany for example, by far one of the world's leaders in alternative energy usage. To think that Germany was a country we defeated in war and now they are one of the clear winners in this race for a better world. Is the U.S.A. only good for making war and depressing innovation and technologies now?

e2 energy — Harvesting the Wind with Suzlon..one of the big players today

As BP North America President Robert Malone pointed out: "the United States has 5 percent of the world's population but uses 25 percent of its oil." It costs our government and every tax paying citizen far more than it should for our energy. The government refuses to implement effective mass transportation while Europe, Japan, and now China lead by example. The company claims: If 10% of the world’s energy was generated by wind it would be equivalent of replacing all cars in the world with hybrids. Wind is an abundant domestic resource and is among the most cost competitive sources of low-carbon power. The company also thinks that it can develop 100 wind energy sites in the U.S. alone but it does not give a time frame. It too has a project in the great state of Texas, some 80 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. It expects the project to be completed in the second half of this year.

Its a long time over-due; our leaders must step out from their comfort zone and make positive and substantial steps for our future. Run, don't walk or stop on GO! says both the Chance and Community cards...

Good for the community, Good for the Farmers

Germany teaches...will the U.S. learn??