One of the main drawbacks of wind turbines is the fact that for maximum efficiency, the power that they generate must be fed into the grid right as the wind is blowing and their blades are spinning.
The U.S. has about 58,000 wind turbines with a total rated annual capacity of 91,115 MW. The U.S. DoE projects that this will increase to over 400,000 MW by 2050. This dramatic rise is down to a swath ...