The EU member states have passed a resolution requiring one-fifth of their electricity needs to be derived from renewable energy sources by 2020, with wind farms covering a large part of this requirement. Researchers have succeeded in interconnecting large wind farms in clusters.
The future belongs to renewable energies. Wind energy is one of the main forms of renewable energy experiencing a boom. According to the German Wind Energy Association, 952 new facilities were installed in Germany in 2009. The German Renewable Energy Federation predicts that 47 percent of total electricity consumption in 2020, estimated at 595 terawatt-hours, will be covered by renewable energy sources, with wind energy accounting for one quarter.
via Wind farms join the smart grid | R&D Mag.
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