Sunday, March 11, 2007

Wind power and farms

What looked like a promising article (Scots turbine firm takes wind power to Antarctic wilderness) on wind power in Antarctica turned disappointing as it became what appeared to be a piece boosting the Scottish company building the turbines and then it became intriguing with these paragraphs:
The company is also developing its windcrofting initiative that aims to see mini-windfarms built across the country.

The idea is for Proven to place a small number of turbines on farms. Farmers would receive rent in return and cheap electricity.

I know a croft is a small farm. So I assume the idea is populating a few turbines on each small farm. Obviously, this means another income stream for farmers and also a cost savings (the farmer uses the energy generated on his property). The idea also brings to mind the idea of windmills and that what is old is now new.

It also brings to mind just how limited in vision is Indiana's agricultural policy by limiting itself to just ethanol.

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