US wind power installations are projected to jump 63 percent this year amid concern about global warming and rising fuel prices, an industry group said on Wednesday.
The US wind industry is on track to complete a total of 4,000 megawatts worth of installations in 2007, or about enough to power 1 million average homes, according to the American Wind Energy Association [AWEA].
Tip o’ the hat to state renewable energy standards and the federal production tax credit.
You can get more details from the AWEA website, including the third-quarter market report. Here are some state highlights:
- Texas again added the largest amount of new wind power generation (600 MW).
- Colorado installed 264 MW and now ranks as the state with the sixth-largest amount of wind power generation.
- Washington, with 140 MW of new wind capacity, pulls ahead of Minnesota into fourth place.
So yes, climate progress does occur, when the government works at it.
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