Wind power an answer, but no one solution for energy needs

Ever wonder where the next great solution is going to come from when you talk about generating power?
Some say nuclear solves all your problems. Others say the answer lies in the wind, or from the sun, or maybe even coal.
The real answer is the solution lies everywhere. There is no one real solution. Rather, the answer will come with a multitude of innovations.
Take wind powere. Oil mega star, T. Boone Pickens' Mesa Power LLP ordered 667 wind turbines from General Electric Co. as part of a $2 billion first phase of a planned Texas wind farm.
The 667 turbines are capable of generating 1,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 300,000 average U.S. homes, Mesa said in a release.
The four-phase Pampa Wind Project would be the world's largest wind energy generator, with more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for 1.3 million homes, when completed in 2014, Mesa said.
This news comes after a government report saying Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants.
The report, a collaboration between the Energy Department research labs and industry, concludes wind energy could generate 20% of the nation's electricity by 2030, about the same share now produced by nuclear reactors. Mind you, it said could generate, not will generate.
As it is with most things, powerful lobbies surely will get involved and potentially muck up the whole thing because they say their solution is the end all and they deserve a bigger piece of the profit pie.
The whole catch with wind power is the technology is ready to go. Sure there will be challenges, but it can happen now versus waiting for a huge technology breakthrough.
''The report indicates that we can do this nationally for less than half a cent per kilowatt hour if we have the vision,'' said Andrew Karsner, the Energy Department's assistant secretary for efficiency and renewable energy.
The key word there is vision. Do we have the vision?
Talk to me.