January 31, 2008 (ENS) - Overturning all previous records, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244 megawatts of power in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45 percent in a single calendar year and injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy, according to the American Wind Energy Association, AWEA. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2008/2008-01-31-091.asp
Wind Energy Could Produce 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030 http://www.energy.gov/news/6253.htm Seventeen percent of Danish electricity is produced by wind power, which is still the highest level in Europe, but Germany is catching up with 10 percent. http://www.cphpost.dk/news/climate/91-climate/44651-slowdown-in-wind-energy-capacity.html U.S. wind power capacity is now 16,818 MW and spans 34 states. American wind farms will generate an estimated 48 billion kilowatt hours of wind energy in 2008, slightly more than 1 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, powering the equivalent of more than 4.5 million homes. http://www.compositesworld.com/news/awea-us-wind-power-capacity-surged-45-percent-in-20072.aspx john g --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
