Still Going

摘要

Windmills have been efficiently providing water to homeowners, ranchers, and farmers for more than a century, and don't look for that to change anytime soon. With the continued drive toward clean energy, their presence is assured for at least the foreseeable future. "I feel the pendulum is kind of swinging back the other way toward windmills (from solar-powered pumps)," says Lance Sykes, operations manager for American West Windmill & Solar Co. in Abemathy, Texas, which produces both windmills and pumps primarily for ranchers. "There are times when you can't run that solar pump all day and night like you can with windmills. That's an advantage of windmills. They're definitely a good form of alternative energy."