Interested in Making Your Own Electricity?

Maybe you can learn something from the ancient Egyptians who used wind to sail the River Nile or ancestors that used windmills to grind wheat and other grains.If they could harness the power of the wind to achieve their goal then what's stopping you from harnessing the power of the wind to make your own electricity?

California produces more than twice the amount of wind energy than any other state, but with an even greater push to save the environment by using renewable energy sources, using the windmill to produce wind energy may just make a comeback like never before.


U.S. Department of Energy Chimes in

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that 26.6 billion kWh per year of electricity was generated by wind energy. This is enough energy to generate electricity for a city larger than Los Angeles, which is equivalent to 2.4 million households. There are government programs in place to support wind energy and as of 2006, 28 states use windmills to generate energy.

For more information on the Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program, visit the U.S. Department of Energy website.