Union Pacific Railroad is committed to being the green transportation provider of choice for the expanding wind energy market. Union Pacific joined the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) in December 2007 and provides door-to-door rail transportation solutions for the movement of wind turbine components.
Freight trains are almost four times more fuel-efficient than over-the-road trucks and have less impact on greenhouse gas emissions than trucks.
Utilizing the efficiencies of rail transportation and backed by the greenest locomotive fleet in the industry, Union Pacific moves one ton 830 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel.
Mark Davis, Spokesman, Union Pacific Railroad
about 70 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Tony and Dottie Neal, Small Wind Turbine Installers
Sally and Gracie in Bovina, Tx
Our wind turbines power our home and business. It is a resource we have almost every day. It saves us money, and it is clean energy. It is a crop that never fails in the Texas panhandle.
Bobby Severson, enXco-Wind Power Plant Site Supervisor
NEG-MICON 900/52, Peetz Table
I have always wanted to be a windsmith, ever since I was little kid and got to go to work with my dad in the Altamont hills of California. There's nothing better than fixing a piece of equipment that many people rely on for electricity. Also getting to work at heights over 250 feet is pretty awesome. This industry is growing so fast and with everyone's continued efforts, it will create more careers and better lives for people throughout our country.
Adalia Gardner, HR Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
AES Wind Generation - Buffalo Gap T-10
1. Helps the local economies - the creation of jobs in the smaller towns is enormous.
2. Wind doesn't cost anything - why not use a free source of energy?
3. It's clean - Turbines produce no harmful emissions.
Jerome Le Hir, Operations Manager
Goodnoe Hills, WA
Wind matters to me because it is the only energy which takes care of the landscape. It can magnify it or match it, but it also brings substantial help to farmers who have the tough mission of keeping it clean and productive to feed the nation.
Horizon Wind Energy
Horizon Wind Energy’s Meridian Way Wind Farm Dedication in Cloud County, Kansas on October 7, 2008
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Horizon Wind Energy’s Lone Star Wind Farm in Shackelford & Callahan Counties, Texas
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Horizon Wind Energy’s Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm in Mitchell and Howard Counties, Iowa
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Earth Day 2009 at Horizon Wind Energy’s Blue Canyon Wind Farm in Lawton, Oklahoma
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Horizon Wind Energy Meadow Lake Wind Farm Ground Breaking Ceremony, April 14, 2009
