Wind Energy
Wind electricity generation is possible any time the wind is blowing above 5 miles per hour. Wind turbines take up very little extra space.
The benefits?
- Excess electricity you generate may be sold back to the power company.
- A 30% residential tax credit of up to $4,000 is available for those generating their own wind electricity.
- Money saved with solar and wind generated energy is kept in your community. Input/output analysis shows that each $1.00 spent to acquire energy resources from outside your community generates only $0.33 of economic activity within your community. However, each $1.00 spent within your community produces (through the economic multiplier effect) about $1.67 of local economic activity.
