By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The American Wind Energy Association released its annual rankings of industry leaders today, among manufacturers, producers and states with the greatest wind production 
capacity.
First the states: Texas leads the nation with the ability to produce 7,118 Megawatts of power, or enough to keep 1.75 million homes in electricity.
It is followed by: Iowa (2,791 Megawatts of wind capacity); California (2,517 Megawatts); Minnesota (1,754 Megawatts); Washington (1,447 Megawatts) and Oregon and Colorado (each with just over 1,000 Megawatts).
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March 6th, 2009
By Hosea Sanders
WLS-Chicago
CHICAGO — Renewable energy is not just a concept at one Chicago business, but the owners are putting it into practice, and it’s on display for everyone to see.
The city of Chicago’s skyline is always changing. One company is now making it a little greener, by tapping into the wind and sun.
If you’ve passed by the intersection of Jefferson and Monroe recently, you probably noticed a new addition.
Atop Pepsico’s Chicago headquarters are wind turbines that catch wind to produce electricity. Solar panels harness the sun to generate more power.
> Watch Now
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October 9th, 2008
By Catherine Colbert
Aging wind turbines – some installed more than 20 years ago – are getting a second wind. Towering gracefully among California wind farms, an estimated 10,000 machines are slated to be replaced by more modern and much larger wind turbines.
Instead of laying these wind soldiers to rest, a Massachusetts company is focused on breathing new life into them through what it has coined “The Ultimate Recycling Project.”
Aeronautica Windpower, as part of its business as a wind turbine and tower manufacturer, harvests the better machines from the field and refurbishes them to give them a second life. The firm likens the modern windmills to aircraft, as they’re stripped down to their frames and rebuilt with newer technologies and reporting capabilities to fly for another 20 years.
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April 18th, 2008
By Bill Sullivan
Nancy Riddick leads a visitor to the power meter on the side of her rural home, set on two acres of prairie land in Hunt County, Texas. The mid-April wind is whipping at 30 miles an hour or more, so the timing of this demonstration couldn’t be much better.
Nancy points as the [...]
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