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$ 20 billion investment in wind every year in US
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a report stating that the U.S. could get 20% of its electricity from wind power by 2030. For that to happen, $20 billion needs to be invested every year for the next 20 years, bringing the two-decade U.S. wind investment total to well over $400 billion - Read More
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Wind enegry is curtailed most times
Texas is the nation?s leader in wind power capacity at over 16,000 MW at the end of 2007. The subtle danger in the previous sentence is ?capacity.? The grid in Texas cannot handle the available wind power, and many of these wind farms in West Texas are being curtailed to 0 MW of production. - Read More
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US installed wind energy capacity in 1998
In 1998, US installed wind energ capacity stands @ 1910 MW, up from just 10 MW in 1981
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US produces little wind solar energy
US produces less than 1% of its energy from wind + solar (2005 data)
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Wind could supply 20% of US energy
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Lab estimates that as wind power's price drops to a competitive level, wind could quickly supply 20% of the US electricity
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PSE and RES Americas to Jointly Develop Wind Energy Facilities in Washington State
Puget Sound Energy, the largest utility-owner of renewable energy in the Pacific Northwest, and RES Americas, a leading developer and constructor of wind power across the nation, today announced they have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and construct new wind energy generating facilities in Washington state’s Columbia and Garfield counties. - Read More
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How can landowners benefit better from wind energy
If you’re a landowner in a rural community, your options have usually been to secure a lease payment or production incentive payments for the one or two wind turbines that a large developer sites on your land. It's difficult to share ownership in the wind project. Small community-owned wind projects are common, but not large scale. National Wind represents a new way of “doing wind”, one that can help bring the benefits of the new energy economy to rural communities landowners. - Read More
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