Wind Power Booming
Energy Department Reports: Wind Energy Continues Rapid Growth in 2016
August 9, 2017 (U.S. Department of Energy)
"…America’s wind industry added more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity last year, representing 27 percent of all energy capacity additions in 2016…and 14 states now get more than 10 percent of their electricity from wind, [according to three new reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The 2016 Wind Technologies Market Report found utility-scale] wind installations stand at more than 82 GW, enough to meet about 6.2 percent of U.S. end-use electricity demand in an average year…[It concludes that wind is now] cost-competitive with traditional power sources such as natural gas in many parts of the U.S…[The 2016 Offshore Wind Technologies Market Report reported the project] development pipeline includes over 20 projects totaling 24,135 MW of potential installed capacity…[The 2016 Distributed Wind Market Report found] distributed applications reached a cumulative installed capacity of 992 MW…” click here for more
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