Wind
Wind plants are being installed in Minnesota & Iowa with utility contracts that pay approx. 4.5 cents/kWh.
Offers economic benefits which make it even more competitive long term:
- Greater fuel diversity and less dependence on fossil fuels.
- Greatly reduced environmental impacts, compared with conventional power plants.
- More jobs per unit of energy produced than other forms of energy.
- Long term income to ranchers and farmers who own the land on which windfarms are built.