The Advantages of Renewable Wind Power Energy

article image
Photo By Shutterstock
Discover the advantages of renewable wind power energy, if you don’t have renewable energy plants locally, you can still buy “green certificates” through a green energy marketer.

Find out what the many advantages of renewable wind power energy are when it comes to powering your homestead.

Renewable Wind Power Energy

Today, more than 300 utility companies offer consumers the option of purchasing renewable wind power energy—most commonly electricity generated by the wind and to a lesser degree renewable energy produced from solar or biomass sources. In the past four years, participation in such programs has grown at an average of 20 percent monthly. Nationwide, ­corporations such as Nike, Patagonia, Toyota, Kinko’s, Fetzer Vineyards, Clif Bar, Ben & Jerry’s, and even the U.S. Postal Service purchase renewable energy. Anyone who pays an electric bill can do the same, regardless of where you live or who you buy electricity from. In most cases, it’s as simple as a phone call or a few clicks on the keyboard.

Does that mean that the electricity humming through the lines to your home will come directly from a wind farm? Not exactly. In fact, the only people who can be certain their electricity is generated by wind are those with a windmill in the backyard. And that’s where some people get confused.

How Renewable Wind Power Energy Works

  • Published on Nov 1, 2003
Online Store Logo
Need Help? Call 1-800-234-3368