That's enough wind power to meet the electricity needs of more than 3500 average size homes in Colorado. In celebration of Earth Day, Secretary Richardson has directed the Energy Department to purchase a portion of its electricity from renewable energy sources. The department will buy 3 percent of its total electricity needs from non-hydro renewable energy sources by 2005, and 7.5 percent of its total electricity purchases from green power by 2010. The department is the first federal agency to make a department-wide commitment to purchase its electricity from green power sources. Green power is electricity produced from non-hydro renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass.
Wind power is an ideal source of renewable energy.
Almost every region of the country has areas suited for wind energy development, which helps meet growing demand for clean energy while establishing new sources of income for American farmers, Native Americans, and other rural landowners. D.C. To assist state public utility regulators in wind energy matters, and facilitate their participation in the National Wind Coordinating Committee. D.C. To facilitate the development of key outreach products and wind energy materials for interested stakeholders participating in the National Wind Coordinating Committee. To create partnerships with electric utilities, state governments, city and town governments and marketers to support wind energy development in New Mexico and Utah. To establish a regional center for technical, logistic and financial development of wind energy in the Northern Great Plains states.