Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the U.S. by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesday… [Reuters]

High School students in Magna, Utah are learning physics firsthand—with their very own wind turbine. “Kids think this is neat stuff, especially when it’s turning. With the inversion it doesn’t turn much, but fall, spring and summer we get a good wind,” said science teacher Randy Isham… [KSL News]

Boulder City has agreed to let a company build an experimental wind turbine on a tract of city land in exchange for the power it generates. “If this is successful, there is no other alternative energy that can match this technology… This alternative energy would bring in a kilowatt of power much less than 5 cents per kilowatt.”… [Las Vegas Sun]