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Nature 430, 12-13 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/430012a; Published online 1 July 2004

Urban wind power:  Breezing into town

Jonathan Knight1

  1. Jonathan Knight writes for Nature from San Francisco.

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The world's highest urban wind farm could be a flagship project for renewable energy, if New York City planners get their way. Are city dwellers ready for wind power? Jonathan Knight investigates.

Everyone remembers where they were on 11 September 2001. Building engineer Sinisa Stankovic was at the Rutherford Appleton lab near Oxford, UK, for a day-long workshop on renewable energy.

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