Comments on: Careers in Wind Farm Development: Wind Energy Analyst

By: Danny Pittman

Danny Pittman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:34:08 +0000

I drive over the road, mostly in Texas and see many of the components being transported. Why are we not utilizing rail when transporting component parts? We say we are saving energy, but we are using a huge amount of fuel transporting component parts. I realize that a some of the tower sections are too large to ship by rail, but we should look at the alternatives. A train of blades, top tower sections, and generator components shipped to a central location to the farm site would use much less fuel. Isn’t that what this is all about, using one resource to replace another. How much fuel are we consuming before we generate a watt?

By: Sarah Lozanova

Sarah Lozanova — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:39:56 +0000

Yes, the educational system will need to help train for these careers. There are a handful of community college programs, but most of them are in wind farm maintenance, not development.

By: vincent smith

vincent smith — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:02:24 +0000

wind energy is a great way to be green but we need more local tech schools to see this fact