Welcome to windystocks! Our purpose is to provide focused information on the investment potential of wind energy and private and public companies related to wind energy.

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into electricity, often using wind turbines. At the end of last year, 2007, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 94.1 gigawatts and accounts for approximately 19% of electricity production in Denmark, 9% in Spain and Portugal and 6% in Germany and Ireland (2007 data). Globally, wind power generation increased more than 500% between 2000 and 2007 and is expected to grow to 160 gigawatts.

Most wind power is generated in the form of electricity and large scale wind farms are supply power via electrical grids. Individual turbines can provide electricity to isolated locations. Wind energy is plentiful, renewable, clean, and has a much smaller carbon footprint than traditional energy sources like oil and natural gas. Wind turbines come in a variety of sizes, depending upon the use of the electricity. The large, utility-scale turbine described above may have blades over 40 meters long, meaning the diameter of the rotor is over 80 meters which is almost as long as a football field. The turbines might be mounted on towers 80 meters tall and produce 1.8 megawatts of power (1.8 MW or 1800 kilowatts, 1800 kW), supply enough electricity for 600 homes, and cost over 1.5 million dollars! Wind turbines designed to supply part of the electricity used by a home or business are much smaller and less costly. A residential- or farm-sized turbine may have a rotor up to 15 meters (50 feet) in diameter and be mounted on a metal lattice tower up to 35 meters (120 ft) tall. These turbines may cost from as little as a few thousand dollars for very small units up to perhaps $40,000-$80,000.

WindyStocks covers public trading companies that are involved in the design, manufacture and sale of Wind Energy such as the following

A-Power Generation Systems Ltd (APWR)

Zoltek (ZOLT)

Broadwind Energy Inc (BWEI)

AES Inc (AES)