California Energy Information Network, July 2013. But 60% of U.S. electricity still comes from carbon-based fuels. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Last fall, Fergen and his colleagues published a paper looking at the Facebook posts of Kitson's group and another large wind opposition group, about 90 kilometers east, fighting the Republic Wind Farm. MARION COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) Marion County has one wind farm in the far north part of the county.