The US can substantially increase its supply of wind power on the same land, by replacing old, out-dated turbines -- like the ones pictured here -- with modern technology (cropped, courtesy of US Department of Energy).
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US President Donald Trump hates wind power, and yet the domestic wind industry continues to rack up more clean kilowatts under his nose. There’s plenty more where that came from, to boot. The US already has more than 150 gigawatts of onshore wind in hand, and savvy developers can add to that figure without taking up any more land for new wind farms.
The Repowering Strategy
If you’re thinking repowering is in play, that is correct. Although offshore wind power is a new development, the US began building wind farms all they way back back in the 1980’s. The industry accelerated throughout the early 2000’s until Trump took office again last year. He did slow new wind activity down to a crawl, but the nation’s portfolio of old, outdated wind technology continues to be the gift that keeps on giving.
