Comments on: Wind Could Provide 25% or More of Electricity for Most States http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/08/wind-could-provide-25-or-more-of-electricity-for-most-states/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/08/wind-could-provide-25-or-more-of-electricity-for-most-states/#comment-107176 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:28:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31997#comment-107176 Why does the map in your article on Aug. 16, 2011 at:
http://energyselfreliantstates.org/content/updating-marylands-renewable-energy-potential

show different percentages from Nov. 8, 2011
http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/08/wind-could-provide-25-or-more-of-electricity-for-most-states/

It stretch’s creditability, that so many states percentages could change, so much, in so little time.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/08/wind-could-provide-25-or-more-of-electricity-for-most-states/#comment-107167 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:44:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31997#comment-107167 There’s a problem with that map. It shows only onshore wind, not offshore. North Carolina, for example, shows only 2% but has excellent offshore wind available.

Another problem, state boarder lines are artificial. Areas of the continent that have hundreds of times more wind potential than they can use can ship that power to parts that have too little. We think little about shipping coal or oil all over the continent rather than requiring each state to produce their own.

A better title for this piece would be “Wind Could Provide 100% of the Electricity for All States”.

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