- A USDA survey in 2024 showed that 84% of small farms needed off-farm income to pay their bills.
- Distributed wind provides on-site power for farms, rural businesses and other facilities, which lowers operating costs significantly.
- Farmers own the wind energy systems. Offshore wind and onshore windfarms are owned by large corporations.
- Distributed wind turbines require up to 95% less land than solar. No prime farmland is lost.
- Over 75%of the small wind turbines installed in America last year were built in America. For reference, over 85% of the solar modules installed at farms last year used imported materials.
- U.S. manufacturers are leaders in the worldwide markets for small wind turbines and we export American made distributed wind turbines to over 100 countries around the globe.
- Distributed wind systems are typically much smaller than onshore windfarm or offshore wind turbines. But large agricultural facilities do use larger turbines when more appropriate.
