windfarmnews.comHomeWind Powered Energy in the United StatesWind power is one of the predominant sources of energy in the United States owing to the country’s large population, nuclear plants and industrial needs among other factors energy sources are a major concern for experts in the energy industry. In the country’s efforts to sufficiently harness the available resources, wind power comes in hand as an alternative source of energy. According to the recent reports, the amount of cumulative energy capacity of wind power stands at 42,432 megawatts. This contributes to above 2 percent of electricity generated in a year. The United States, being an industrial and economic power house, is in essence a sufficient argument for generation of sufficient amount of energy.The future prospects of wind power energy in the United States are an age long reality. For instance, already fourteen states are said to have installed over 1000 megawatts of wind capacity and arguably up to a tune of 37 states have made strides in installing some utility-scale wind power. There is a strong good will across the political elite to boost efforts to increase wind power energy. Not withstanding this fact, environmental concerns in the modern world make it a favorable choice and any progress in such a line will be a great boost. It finds favor from the fact that it is environmental conservative and it utilizes natural means; indeed it is cheap. Moreover it’s in line with the vision 20-30. Over the recent past, much capital has been laid in order to boost and expand the wind power generation. This is an undisputed fact that United States has appreciated and embraced wind energy harnessing. It is in year 2007, when over nine billion dollars was put in expenditure for installing wind turbines. This growth and the future prospect are attributed to robust demand for electricity and prosperous tax regime. United States, through Director of Wind Energy Association in America is strongly backing the wind energy initiative and driving it to far heights.There are a number of advantages associated with wind energy production in United States. The united state government embraces the wind energy production due to the following reasons. Wind energy is relatively cheap compared to other forms of energy production. You require less capital to put up wind energy generation plant than that which you need in order to establish a hydroelectric plant. In order therefore to supply many homes with electricity power, there need to be enough sources of energy. Wind power comes as an immediate option. ‘Wind’ is available. The gentle landscape of majority of the parts in United States has favored establishment of wind energy production plants. The reasons are not limited to these. In turn, the wind powered energy has had a number of benefits. The electrification of most parts of the United States is the most prevalent one. The employment created by the activities related to the energy production has