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Growth of Wind Energy in USA

Wind Energy: Yet Another Reason for Industrial Policy Daily Kos by Meteor Blades –   Apr 08, 2010 TA decade ago, the federal Energy Information Administration predicted that the installed capacity of wind turbines in the United States would, at best, reach 20,000 megawatts by 2020. It was one of the EIA’s patented underestimates of renewable energy sources. This morning, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its annual report [pdf]. Installed U.S. wind capacity as of December 2009: 35,000 megawatts. Of that, 10,000 megawatts were installed in 2009, the most in U.S. history, and 39% of the total new electricity-generating capacity installed last year, second behind natural gas. Some 3000 megawatts are currently under construction.

Daily Kos: Wind Energy: Yet Another Reason for Industrial Policy

April 9, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, wind