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Progressive
public policy has usually been a key ingredient both for
encouraging wind energy expansion and helping to
determine what forms that growth will take. Future
growth will likely come from commercial-scale wind
farms, which are typically vast arrays of turbines owned
and operated by large corporations. Yet experience in
Minnesota has shown that, with an encouraging policy
environment, small clusters of turbines or even single
turbines can make significant contributions, operated by
local landowners, small businesses, and community wind
projects.
Technological advancements and supportive policy
measures have the ability to drastically increase the
future of wind energy development in our nation and our
world. Wind power has the unique ability to provide even
greater sources of distributed energy production, which
means less risk and a stronger energy portfolio.
America’s ingenuity and drive for independence are well
suited to increased wind energy development in the
future. Stay tuned to advancements at industry and
policy levels as wind energy continues to grow.
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