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A mighty wind: U.S. gaining in wind power capacity
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is the fastest growing global market for wind power, according to the Energy Department's first annual report on U.S wind power installations.
U.S. wind power capacity jumped 27 percent in 2006, the largest incremental jump on record and the highest incremental capacity in the world, the DoE study found.
"The wind power industry has entered an era of substantial growth, both globally and in the United States," said Ryan Wiser, co-author of the report and a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, Calif.).
June 4, 2007
by George Leopold
in EE Times
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is the fastest growing global market for wind power, according to the Energy Department's first annual report on U.S wind power installations.
U.S. wind power capacity jumped 27 percent in 2006, the largest incremental jump on record and the highest incremental capacity in the world, the DoE study found.
"The wind power industry has entered an era of substantial growth, both globally and in the United States," said Ryan Wiser, co-author of the report and a scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, Calif.).
The U.S. ranked third globally in 2006 in cumulative wind power capacity with 11,575 megawatts.... [continue via Web link]
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