All You Need to Know About Wind Energy

Updated from August 11.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, up to 20% of the country's energy supply could be generated by wind power by 2030.

In May, T. Boone Pickens' Mesa Power ordered 667 wind turbines from GE (GE Quote) as part of its plans for a giant wind farm in Texas.

That same month, Jim Cramer wrote on TheStreet.com: "Sanford Bernstein put out a fabulous report today [May 15] about alternative energy that waxed wonderfully about wind and a little less wonderfully about solar. The latter isn't as loved, because the average selling price of solar is too high vs. the dirty competition." ...