Wind energy, the world's fastest growing energy source, is a clean and renewable source of energy that has been in use for centuries in Europe and more recently in the United States and other nations. Wind turbines, both large and small, produce electricity for utilities and homeowners and remote villages. During the five years from 1998 to 2003 the U.S. wind energy market grew by 24.5 percent.

The domestic wind energy market is developing rapidly as the technology improves. There is significant interest in the domestic wind market in the UK, particularly now the government as introduced a clean energy cash-back scheme (FITs) that rewards households and businesses for any electricity generated by domestic  wind turbines.