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Wind Energy The last reading in the assignment talked about wind power. The article said that the wind could provide enough energy for all of Europe and eventually provide all of the US energy requirements. It said that presently there is enough wind energy generated in California to provide energy for all of San Francisco. I did not know anything about this source of energy. It was hard to imagine is this was a viable source of energy for our planet or just a new fangled toy. Is it the truth that it could work or just a lot of hot air. The American Wind energy Association Website says that in 1981 the US had ten megawatts of installed capacity of wind power. This has increased to four thousand six hundred and eighty five megawatts of energy today. The last number may not be totally accurate as it is based on what the developers said would be in place by this date. In total there are twenty-nine states that have some sort of wind energy in place. I wondered how much wind is needed and found out that for a small grid you need wind exceeding eleven miles per hour and for a wind farm you need wind exceeding thirteen miles