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Wind power installations set to soar 63% this year

By Joe Romm on Nov 9, 2007 at 2:44 pm

wind-turbines3.jpgSome good energy news:

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 6th-largest amount of wind power generation
  • Washington, with 140 MW of new wind capacity, pulls ahead of Minnesota into 4th place.

So yes, climate progress does occur, when the government works at it.

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One Response to Wind power installations set to soar 63% this year

  1. Paul K says:
    November 10, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Joe,
    I’ve been travelling in northwest Iowa. There’s lot’s of wind power in place up here and more coming. I don’t understand how wind projects off the Maasecussetts cape and Traverse Bay Michigan were voted down partly for asthetic reasons. These windmill are magnificent to look at. They are trully beautiful in form and function.