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Wind Energy stalls in U.S., Iowa
But figures from the American Wind Energy Association released Friday show a dramatic drop in new projects during 2010. In 2009 about 10,000 megwatts of new capacity came on line nationally and another 4,000 megawatts were finished in the first quarter of 2010.
But since then just 500 new megwatts of wind energy have been completed in the U.S.
October 30, 2010
by Dan Piller
in Des Moines Register
The latest quarterly report for new wind energy installations shows no new projects in Iowa since Alliant Energy’s Whispering Willow wind farm opened in Franklin County late last year, and the lowest total of new installations nationally since 2007.
Iowa has the nation’s second-largest cache of wind turbine electricity generation with 3,670 megawatts of capacity. Only Texas is larger, with 9,727 megawatts (a megawatt can power between 300 and 500 homes).
But figures from the American Wind Energy Association released Friday show a dramatic drop in new projects during 2010. In 2009 about 10,000 megwatts of new capacity came on line nationally... [continue via Web link]
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