A research project sampling 428 wind farms and around 500,000 property sales within 5 miles of the farms have found that property values do in fact decline when in close proximity to a wind farm. However, this study does not factor in the social and economic benefits that wind farms bring to a community.

On Wednesday Amazon announced that they would expand their already vast portfolio of renewable energy projects by 71 more projects. With a total of now 379 renewable energy projects these 71 new projects are dedicated to wind and solar around the world which will add 2.7 GW of energy capacity. Amazon expects that all 379 of these renewable energy projects will generate about 50,000 GWh of clean energy which equals enough energy to power 4.6 million US homes each year.

This week, The California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted a set of goals that will enable the state to develop clean energy through offshore wind. This offshore wind development is expected to generate 2,000-5,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind by 2030, and should increase to 25,000 MW by 2045. Assuming the state hits these goals, that would be enough electricity to power 3.75 million homes by 2030 and 25 million homes by mid-century.