A 45-foot wind turbine will blow in the wind, changing the rural landscape in Dearborn, about 20-miles south of St. Joseph.  Susan Brown hopes it will help her harvest homegrown energy.

"The unit will supplement our grid electricity and be set up to net-meter with KCP&L," said Brown in a press release to KQ2 and the StJoeChannel.com.  "When it is producing power, we will be using the wind energy in our home.  When it isn't, we will be using the grid electricity as usual."

Brown said she extremely windy days might even allow her to turn back the meter and sell electricty to Kansas City Power and Light.

The wind turbine is expected to shave as much as 40-percent from Brown's electiricty needs.  She will also be able to take advantage of a 30-percent federal tax credit.  Best of all, Brown said, "the energy it produces is clean!"