Page - November 10, 2006
Wind energy is the world's fastest growing energy source. Clean
and reliable, power generated from wind turbines has almost no
environmental cost.
And wind energy is powerful. Today, wind farms provide bulk
power equivalent to conventional power stations. By the beginning
of 2004, global wind power installation had reached a level of
40,300 megawatts - enough power to satisfy the needs of close to 47
million people.
Almost 50 countries around the world now use wind power and
approximately 90,000 to 100,000 are employed by the wind industry
worldwide.
Find out more about how wind power works.