Follow-Up on Nebraska Wind Energy

The first post I did here some three or so weeks ago, back in the good ole days, was on wind energy in Nebraska.  The Reader has written a nice piece covering the issue, so as a follow-up to my brilliant post I wanted to turn our massive readership's eyes (Hi mom!) to that piece.

According to this article by Andrew Norman:

"Nebraska leads in potential wind power capacity, (emphasis mine) but has just nine more wind turbines than it has members on its Husker football roster. And the state is a long way from joining the country’s big 10 in renewable energy production." 

The research I did shows us as being 4th or 6th, so I'd like to know where they came up with "leading" in potential wind power capacity- sounds pretty cool if true.  It's also kind of sad to hear that adding 94 turbines "doubled our capacity."  On the other hand, that means this is a huge growth industry- it can only go up from here!  And those 94 turbines can power 45,000 Nebraskans, which is not an insignificant amount of people.

Anyway, it is a very informative read despite the cheesy Husker metaphors, so check it out.