Is anyone getting a significant amount of their power from wind? How is that working out?
I know Delaware just approved an off-shore wind farm. That, and Peco/Exelon owns the rights to a wind farm out in Somerset County.
Speaking of wind power, a good bit of those wind turbines and towers probably come from right up the road from here, where Gamesa took over part of the former Fairless Works Steel Mill. They also cause a good bit of local road closures when they haul them out!
As long as we're talking about alternative energy, how about the other kinds? Solar, geo-thermal, hydro, even things like landfill-gas (methane.) They're putting up a ~450 solar panel down by the old steel mill to feed into the grid, and the nearby landfill makes a small amount of electricity for the grid as well.
Ian A.
