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A study sponsored by the US Department of Energy, and overseen by a board of outside advisers from the wind power industry, projects that it is possible to expand the average national output of wind generated electricity from the present 1.0+%- to the 20%-level over the next 22 years: an order of magnitude more wind power in the USA, in two decades. The study presumes that demand for electricity will continue to grow throughout the period of projection. Imagine what the percentage would be under a scenario of reduced demand growth! Wind power is capable of becoming a major contributor to America’s electricity suppl...