Wind Energy
| Wind energy can generally be divided into 3 categories:
land and sea-based wind turbine farms that utilize towers that range
in height from some 90 to 350 feet, personal and light commercial
rooftop and guy-wired wind turbines meant to provide supplementary
power to a single structure or usage point, and mobile inflatable
and high altitude turbines that are tethered to the ground. At this
point, from a personal investment perspective, land and sea-based
wind power is very attractive while other modes of wind power generation
are either too limited in their potential investment options or are
too speculative at this time (high altitude wind power, while having
high theoretical potential, has not yet turned into a revenue generating
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Wind power in recent years has become incredibly attractive and total global
wind farm capacity has increased rapidly over the past 5 years, growing
at over 27% annually according to BTM Consult, an independent renewable
energy consulting and market research firm based in Denmark. BTM forecasts
that global wind farm capacity will continue to grow at over 15% annually
from 2009 to 2013 from 122,000 MW (Megawatts) to over 343,000 MW. To view
this growth from another perspective, 28,000 MW of capacity are being installed
this year and by 2013 the annual installed capacity will have more than
doubled to 58,500 MW. BTM is not alone in their sky high projections: in
July 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy published "20% Wind Energy
by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply".
Suggested reading:
List of publicly traded wind energy companies and stocks
(note that the tickers are links to Yahoo!Finance
quotes)
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company names |
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company website addresses |
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AeroVironment, Inc. |
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American Superconductor Corp. |
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A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. |
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Broadwind Energy, Inc. |
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General Electric Co. |
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Hexcel Corp. |
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Nacel Energy |
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Naikun Wind Energy Group |
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Otter Tail Corporation |
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Trinity Industries Inc. |
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Vestas Wind ADR |
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Western Wind Energy Corporation |
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Woodward Governor Co. |
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Zoltek Cos. |
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| Note that this list of wind energy companies is not exhaustive,
is not a list of stocks in The Green
Investor Portfolio or represent a buy recommendation. |
Wind energy information resources
Wind
organizations |
Wind
organization website addresses |
American wind energy association AWEA |
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Independent energy producers association IEPA |
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