Wind power is one piece of a farm's energy business

It has been proposed in the 2007 "Farm Bill" that the Secretary of USDA make competitive grants to eligible entities to provide rebates for

• farmers

• ranchers

• rural school districts and

• rural small businesses

to purchase renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements. The final draft may include agricultural operations in non-rural areas (such as greenhouses) and schools.


for a range of modern renewable energy technologies like

• biofuels (which includes cellulosic ethanol)

• wind

• solar

• biomass

• biogas and

• energy efficiency.

Amidst these many challenges, lay many opportunities for determining the type of energy production that best fits your operation or situation (such as a community, school, or business).

As Congress produces the final draft of the 2007 "Farm Bill," it may eliminate the direct payment program and redirect funds into this program ... promoting new income-generating opportunities for farmers {and others} in markets such as biofuels, renewable electricity, carbon sequestration, and conservation.
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Other legislation pending in Congress deal specifically with wind power

The following links to blurbs about each proposal were at

• Contact your Governor, Senators andRepresentatives to urge them to support a national and/or state Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS). They "get the word" only when you as an individual send email, call or write them. Actions speak loudly. One definition of RPS.

• Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) - Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.R. 969, a bill to create a national RPS

• Extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) - Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.R.197

• Extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) - Urge your Senators to extend the PTC

• Small Wind Investment Tax Credit - Urge your Senators to cosponsor S. 673 to create an investment tax credit for small wind systems and

• Small Wind Tax Credit - Tell your Representative cosponsor H.R. 1772, a bill to create an investment tax credit for small wind systems.
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The following 5-hour block was the only productive wind in 24 hours. Ouch.

• Noon Jun 20, SSW at 16 mph
• 11 AM Jun 20, SSW at 17 mph
• 10 AM Jun 20, SSW at 17 mph
• 9 AM Jun 20, SSW at 20 mph
• 8 AM Jun 20, SSW at 14 mph.

Do contact me if you want to buy any of this blog's content or would like to have other specific wind power-related content uncovered.

'Til next time. Best Wind.