Renewable energy is very much about how the natural resources of a particular region or locality can be harnessed. Wind can be unpredictable – the regular devastation caused by storms and hurricanes shows this only too well – but some countries experience regular windy weather, and this can mean they have strong potential to generate electricity by building wind farms. Those countries on the western edges of Europe, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Spain and Portugal take advantage of their sea-facing geographical positions to source clean electricity in this way.