Wind Power

Wind power is an excellent alternative to traditional energy sources that is viable in Utah say USU researchers. Wind is a supplemental power that could allow rural communities to preserve their way of life and raise local income without environmental changes created by urbanization. Wind development would create higher-paying construction and technical jobs for local residents.

From “Wind Power Would Benefit Box Elder County,” by Steve Eaton, Utah State University, Box Elder News Journal, Oct. 4, 2006. For more information contact USU College of Business professors Edwin Stafford, 435-797-3890, or Cathy Hartman, 435-797-4062.