An energy answer is blowing in the wind

clipped from www.worldofrenewables.com Palm Bay company works on ways to boost power from turbines Executives at Advanced Magnet Lab Inc., a 14-year-old company based in an industrial area here, see great opportunities in the national push toward clean energy, particularly when it comes to wind technology. Advanced Magnet Lab believes it has developed the technology to pack lighter and smaller but more powerful superconductor systems to operate large wind turbines that could provide up to 10 megawatts of electricity — enough to provide power to more than 5,000 homes. The company’s efforts in this area comes as clean energy is increasingly in the spotlight. During his prime-time news conference Wednesday, President Barack Obama mentioned boosting investments in clean energy and has made it a high-profile part of his first year in office, and a bill calling for the cap-and-trade of greenhouse gases has made its way through the House. Currently, wind power generates about 1 percent of the electricity produced in the United States