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Putting the "Wind" in "Windy City"

By Marcus Gilmer in News on May 6, 2009 6:20PM

A group of wind power companies are gathering this week at McCormick Place as the Windpower 2009 convention kicks off (blows off?) and even Governor Quinn made an appearance as Illinois makes a bid to become a major player in the wind power producing game. Josh Magee of Emerging Energy Research, though, says Illinois has a lot of catching up to due. Check out the whole story over at WBEZ.