What a day! Our wind booth was filled with kids left and right, wondering how the wind can be converted into electricity. To my surprise, many of them entered our booth saying, “Hey, I’ve seen those before!� I would always ask where, and their responses ranged from California, the Southwest, to Pennsylvania and New York…a true testament that wind is growing all over – and its growing fast!

The highlight, however, was when I turned around after talking to some students, and saw Sir Richard Branson talking to Jim Lyons, Chief Engineer at GE’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY. Jim is one of the most passionate wind people I know. Would you believe he did his PhD thesis on wind energy in the early 80’s?!?!?

Anyway, Sir Richard’s wind inquiry was quite timely —- he recently pledged 3 billion dollars to fight global warming.

I hope many other companies follow suit…