Solar and Wind Farms Not only will the Solar and Wind Farms offer opportunities for local manufacturing of the components, but also jobs for the maintenance and upgrading of the systems.  With low cost power consumers will save money that can be used for upgrading lives and creating new businesses.  Some will complain that Solar and Wind energy is not cost effective if government subsidies are removed, but fail to understand that the cost per megawatt has been falling for years and is now very competitive with the energy created from fossil fuels. Index of ... Advantages and Challenger of Wind Energy Bloomberg New Energy Finance  {Very slow opening this external site } Why Alternatives are Important Wind And Solar Energy Technologies Eat Into Fossil Fuel Power's Business Plan