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Mar 2021
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Wind power: turning blue and red into gr...

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You can feel it in the air: the energy transition is already happening. And while fossil fuels make up the largest part of US power, all across the country thousands of windmills are spinning clean energy into the grid. The power is coming from deep in the heartland to off shores, and it is only going to become more important. Today, POLITICO’s Ryan Heath, Lorraine Woellert, and Kelsey Tamborrino discuss the success of onshore wind in Republican states, and the incoming boom in offshore wind production.

Ryan Heath is POLITICO's senior editor and the author of POLITICO's Global Translations.
Lorraine Woellert is POLITICO's sustainability editor.
Kelsey Tamborrino is a Politico Energy reporter.
Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.
Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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