Kingston Systems Inc. (KSI) is currently working to develop a methodology to improve throughput of wind turbine production in the United States. According to BTM Consult ApS, the premier forecasters of the international wind industry, the Cumulative Global Wind Power Market will reach almost $200 Billion dollars by 2011. In order to reach these numbers the installed base of both on-shore and off-shore windmills needs to dramatically increase over the next few years.

Some of the newest technology in Wind Turbines allows a single unit to produce up to 6.0 Megawatts. A Megawatt is equal to one million watts or the equivalent of the electrical capacity necessary to power 6,000 average California homes.

Over the next 20 years the global demand for Electricity is expected to rise by nearly %50. To keep up with this demand coal-burning plants are being built at the rate of more than one per week, but these plants are one of the main sources of emissions linked to global warming. The need for a more enviornmentally sound strategy to solve this electrical need is now, not later.

Energy Insights, an IDC company, has released its annual Worldwide Energy Industry 2008 Top 10 Predictions. According to this new study, climate-focused energy policies, consumer and business concern with climate change, and increasing attention by investors in sustainability will drive energy companies to increase their investments in a range of energy and information technologies including:

* IT systems to measure and manage a company's carbon footprint;
* Software applications to enable participation in carbon trading markets;
* Renewable energy technologies, especially wind, but also central solar; and
* Technologies such as in-home displays that enable energy efficiency programs.

"In an environment of increasing energy demand, rising and volatile energy prices, and policymaker concern over energy independence and security, we predict that energy companies will increase their technology investments to enable initiatives from smart metering and the intelligent grid to enhanced reservoir characterization and higher fidelity seismic imaging," says Rick Nicholson, vice president of research. Key predictions presented and analyzed in the study include:

* Intelligent grid initiatives will leverage existing investments and target specific problem areas;
* Renewable energy will compete as a leading source of new electrical capacity in the U.S.;
* Carbon trading markets will begin to take off in North America, eventually surpassing Europe; and
* High performance computing will be driven to technical limits by seismic processing demands.

Shattering all its previous records, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244mW in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45% in a single calendar year and injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The new wind projects account for about 30% of the entire new power-producing capacity added nationally in 2007 and will power the equivalent of 1.5 million American households annually while strengthening U.S. energy supply with clean, homegrown electric power. "This is the third consecutive year of record-setting growth, establishing wind power as one of the largest sources of new electricity supply for the country," says AWEA Executive Director Randall Swisher. "This remarkable and accelerating growth is driven by strong demand, favorable economics, and a period of welcome relief from the on again, off-again, boom-and-bust, cycle of the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power." The U.S. wind power fleet now numbers 16,818mW and spans 34 states. American wind farms will generate an estimated 48 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind energy in 2008, just over 1% of U.S. electricity supply, powering the equivalent of more than 4.5 million homes. Wind power's strong performance is expected to continue this year, with AWEA's initial estimates indicating that 2008 could equal 2007 in new wind capacity installed. Developers report that with strong demand for wind power across the country, wind turbines are sold out for the year. However, AWEA projects that with more companies entering the market, more turbines will become available. The pace of growth in 2008 and beyond is expected to largely depend, not on turbine availability, but on the timing and duration of an extension of the federal production tax credit. At least 14 new manufacturing facilities opened or were announced in 2007, according to AWEA estimates. GE Energy continues to lead in wind turbine sales, with 45% of the market in terms of new capacity installed. FPL Energy remains atop the list of wind project developers, with 956mW of new development in 2007 alone.