See:
http://www.awea.org/news/US_Wind_Industry_Ends_Most_Productive_Year_012406.html
New installations: 2,500 MW (nameplate)
Note by Jed: This is roughly as much actual capacity as one average
US nuclear power plant
Cumulative existing installed wind power: 9,149 MW (nameplate)
(About 3.5 nukes)
QUOTE:
"AWEA estimates that an installed capacity of 9,149 MW of wind power
will save over half a billion cubic feet of natural gas per day
(Bcf/day) in 2006, alleviating a portion of the supply pressure that
is now facing the natural gas industry and is driving prices upward.
The U.S. currently burns about 13 Bcf/day for electricity generation,
which means during 2006, wind power will be reducing natural gas use
for power generation by approximately 5%."
That is significant.
- Jed
