“Around the globe, wind-generating capacity has been expanding at a rapid 30% clip in recent years,” notes value investor Nathan Slaughter.

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“Led by states such as Texas and California, wind farms around the country will generate almost 50 billion kilowatt hours of electricity this year. Of course, the U.S. is still playing catch-up with many other regions.

“In fact, countries such as Spain, Portugal and Denmark all rely on wind farms for as much as one-quarter of their total power needs.

“Across Europe, wind turbines will account for roughly one-third of all new generating capacity installed over the next few years and could provide electricity for 90 million people by 2010.

“The outlook is even brighter in many booming, energy-hungry Asian markets. In China, installed wind