Western Wind Power May Soon Compete with Natural Gas

Wind power is cheap where the wind blows, and by the middle of the next decade, the wind farms that dot the landscapes along the highways in Rocky Mountain states could become major regional sources of electricity without federal subsidies, according to a new National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study.


Western renewables, primarily wind, could begin to compete on their own with electricity generated at natural gas power plants by 2025, the study said.

Western Wind Power May Soon Compete with Natural Gas