For example, in many places, winds are stronger at night, which means local wind farms produce most of their power when demand is lowest.
The North Carolina Offshore Wind Coalition, a lobbying outfit for the wind industry and local wind advocates, has put legislation into play in the North Carolina legislature that would likely result in the development of a whopping 2.5 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2027.
These facts have not been lost on the wind lobby or the many local and national groups that support wind power for environmental and economic reasons.
To get clean energy to them requires a decentralised approach using local resources such as wind power, solar energy or small hydroelectric projects.
"I think it's a great opportunity for local companies and also local entrepreneurs to think very hard how they can give service to the development of wind farms in their local area, " he said.
They are making broadcasts of local interest and handing out wind-up radios.
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Mr Trump has repeatedly clashed with local residents, environmentalists, wind farm manufacturers and the Scottish first minister since buying the land eight years ago.
He has repeatedly clashed with local residents, environmentalists, wind farm manufacturers and the Scottish First Minister since buying the land on the Menie Estate eight years ago.
The organisation said decisions on wind projects at local level were being made faster than they were last year, suggesting that developers, communities and local government were "working together better than ever before".
Although more than half the states have passed mandates to increase renewable energy use (which often results in new wind farms and local "clean" generation), utilities still need to get that power to consumers.
Some have been vocal critics on controversial local plans, such as some wind farm developments.
Mr Fraser complained that the Scottish government's SNP administration was disrespecting local views when overturning decisions against wind farms made at council level.
It takes a significant number of vessels to service the offshore wind fields, and local boat builders are already looking to get into the game.
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So when California installs a hundred 1-MW wind turbines, the 300 workers in the Arkansas manufacturing plant might really benefit but not so much the local residents in California because the biggest cost in wind is manufacturing, not operations.
It also claimed the amount of onshore wind capacity being approved at local level had risen.
Objectors have warned the wind farm development will damage local people's lives and the ecology and tourism of the area.
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Locals blamed earthquakes, local salt mines, an underground river and wind turbines in the past.
According to representatives from energy company Scottish Power, local planning authorities have been unable to progress wind farm planning applications in a reasonable timescale.
The Department for Communities and Local Government, joint defendants with Barnwell Manor Wind Energy, had withdrawn from the case before the Administrative Court by letter to all the parties.
The prospect is for that situation to worsen as state and local budget assistance from the federal stimulus efforts wind down, while the woes in the real estate sector have returned now that the homebuyer rebates have expired.
There was concern over the proposed wind farm's impact on local panoramic views, and in particular the setting of the nearby Lyveden New Bield - a National Trust 17th Century lodge which has one of the finest surviving examples of an Elizabethan garden in the country.
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For wind and solar they are mostly not local and last for two to three years.
Your local meteorological bureau can give you data on average wind speeds in your area.
Although solar energy varies less from season to season than wind energy, it still depends heavily on local environmental conditions.
The small, local combined-heat-and-power stations and wind turbines do receive subsidies in order to survive in competition with the big power stations.
Mr Farage also stressed that UKIP councillors would focus on local issues such as keeping council tax bills down and opposing new wind farms.
The University of Nottingham has questioned the 'green' credentials of a local council after its plans for a 80m (262 ft) wind turbine were rejected.
Mr Heaton-Harris' Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill would give local planning authorities the power to specify the minimum distance between turbines and homes.
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