U.
S.
Department of Energy
Wind Energy Program
Forrestal Building
1000 Independence Ave.
SW
Washington, DC 20585
www.
eren.
doe.
gov/wind
U.
S.
Department of Agriculture
2002 Farm Bill
Renewable Energy Incentives
www.
rurdev.
usda.
gov/rd/farmbill/...
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U.
S.
Department of Energy
Wind Energy Program
Forrestal Building
1000 Independence Ave.
SW
Washington, DC 20585
www.
eren.
doe.
gov/wind
U.
S.
Department of Agriculture
2002 Farm Bill
Renewable Energy Incentives
www.
rurdev.
usda.
gov/rd/farmbill/
9006resources.
html
American Wind Energy Association
122 C Street NW, Suite 380
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 383-2504
www.
awea.
org
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
National Wind Technology Center
1617 Cole Boulevard
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 384-6979
www.
nrel.
gov/wind
Successful Wind Farming
The number of farmers and ranchers benefiting from wind power is growing.
Here are some examples:
I think it’s one of the greatest things that ever happened.
It’s good for my pocketbook.
It’s good for the
environment.
And wind is replenishable; we’re not digging it out of a hole in the ground.
Chuck Goodman, retired farmer near Alta, Iowa, as quoted in Successful Farming.
Goodman has three turbines that
take up about 1.
3 acres of land, includ
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