Wind energy is another important renewable source of energy. It has an enormous amount of potential to be used in the Midwest which has one of the best wind corridors in the world. A lot of farmers who have been struggling to make ends meet have installed wind turbines on their properties and are making a good deal of money by selling the energy they produce back to the local utility company. Wind energy is a large component of the energy plan being promoted by former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens. It is also one of the cleanest of the renewable energies. It is already becoming a primary energy source in some European countries which have strong winds along their coasts. The table below shows how wind energy has been beating expectations in Europe.

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