1). In an article published by Charles Bryant (2015) titled, How Living off the Grid Works he states, “Wind power is the cleanest and cheapest energy technology in the world” (p. 3). The average price per kilowatt hour for coal-burning energy was 10.4 cents in 2006, while wind power costs just 3 cents per hour in ideal conditions. Just solely considering this, wind energy has become more appealing to our world recently (Bryant, 2015, p.4). Because of the low cost, over 400 American manufacturing companies construct wind combines. Not only does wind energy from wind turbines not pollute the air, producing a clean source of energy, but it also assists in keeping the electrical bills to a minimum (Hordeski, 2011, p. 290). Since the cost of wind energy has gone down drastically over the past 20 years, 2,400 megawatts of power were put in place in 2006 and around 3,000 megawatts in 2007, as reported by the American Wind Energy Association. With this being said, enough energy is created by wind to power over three million homes nationwide (Homsy, 2012, p. 127). To promote the installation and use of wind energy on both the corporate and residential level, the US Department of Energy offers incentives, such as tax credits, grants, and loans. This makes the cost of wind energy even
1). In an article published by Charles Bryant (2015) titled, How Living off the Grid Works he states, “Wind power is the cleanest and cheapest energy technology in the world” (p. 3). The average price per kilowatt hour for coal-burning energy was 10.4 cents in 2006, while wind power costs just 3 cents per hour in ideal conditions. Just solely considering this, wind energy has become more appealing to our world recently (Bryant, 2015, p.4). Because of the low cost, over 400 American manufacturing companies construct wind combines. Not only does wind energy from wind turbines not pollute the air, producing a clean source of energy, but it also assists in keeping the electrical bills to a minimum (Hordeski, 2011, p. 290). Since the cost of wind energy has gone down drastically over the past 20 years, 2,400 megawatts of power were put in place in 2006 and around 3,000 megawatts in 2007, as reported by the American Wind Energy Association. With this being said, enough energy is created by wind to power over three million homes nationwide (Homsy, 2012, p. 127). To promote the installation and use of wind energy on both the corporate and residential level, the US Department of Energy offers incentives, such as tax credits, grants, and loans. This makes the cost of wind energy even