Advanced Wind Turbines Could Provide Far More Electricity, DOE Report Finds

摘要

Taller wind turbines would have the capability to provide power in all 50 states, particularly in the Southeast, where there is little wind power today, according to a report issued by the Department of Energy. Currently, wind power supplies 5 percent of the country's electricity across 39 states. But taller wind towers with longer blades that could capture stronger winds higher above ground could be placed on an additional 700,000 square miles, nearly 20 percent of U.S. land, the May 19 report said.