What is Green Energy?

Wind

Wind power is a clean, renewable form of energy, which during operation produces no carbon dioxide. While some emissions of these gases will take place during the design, manufacture, transport and erection of wind turbines, enough electricity is generated from a wind farm within a few months to totally compensate for these emissions. When wind farms are dismantled (usually after 20-25 years of operation) they leave no legacy of pollution for future generations. Given the scale of the CO₂ cuts needed, wind power--as the least expensive, most developed renewable energy technology and the fastest to build--is generally viewed as the best placed renewable technology to deliver carbon emissions reductions on a large scale, quickly. For these reasons, the wind industry is experiencing rapid growth worldwide. For more information, we recommend the following sites:
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org/resources/awealinks.html

REASN (Interactive Web site on renewable energy maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Renewable Energy Analysis Studies Network):
http://www.nrel.gov/reasn