The state of Oklahoma is getting into the act as well. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission authorized Oklahoma Gas & Electric in September to build a 115-mile transmission line from Oklahoma City to Woodward to help harness the state’s wind energy.
Barack Obama plans to make more use of alternative energy sources, especially wind.

His proposed economic plans will put increased emphasis on developing alternative energy supplies, as well as increased fuel efficiency in automobiles. Greg Wetstone, director of government and public affairs for the American Wind Energy Association, applauded Obama’s plans to expand alternative energy resources and called it a “concept very much branded in reality.”

In California, Pacific Gas & Electric announced in November it had entered into a long-term agreement with Hatchet Ridge Wind, LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, to purchase up to 103 megawatts (MW) of renewable wind energy. The project will generate up to 303 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy annually. This would be equivalent to the amount of energy needed to serve nearly 44,000 residential homes on an annual basis.

In the state of Washington, a six year court battle over a proposed wind farm project ended with the state Supreme Court ruling in favor of the project. The Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, developed by Horizon Wind Energy, and owned by EDP Renovaveis, will supply enough power for 30,000 homes.

Interest in alternative energy sources is at an all time high. The United States is not the only country seeking to increase energy production from natural sources. Countries all across the globe are actively seeking to utilize wind and solar power to produce clean, renewable energy.

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