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Wind
Turbine
Courtesy:
General
Electric
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US
LEADS
THE
WORLD
IN
WIND
POWER
GROWTH
2006
installed
wind
power
"enough
to
power
the
homes
in
a
city
the
size
of
Philadelphia"
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The
U.S.
Department
of
Energy
(DOE)
released
on
May
31st,
2007
its
first
Annual
Report
on
U.S.
Wind
Power
Installation,
Cost,
and
Performance
Trends:
2006.
the
The
report
concludes
that
U.S.
wind
power
capacity
increased
by
27
percent
in
2006;
and
that
the
U.S.
had
the
fastest
growing
wind
power
capacity
in
the
world
in
2005
and
2006.
More
than
61
percent
of
the
U.S.'s
total
wind
capacity
-
over
7,300
Megawatts
(MW)
-
has
been
installed
since
President
Bush
took
office
in
2001.
Specifically,
some
of
the
key
findings
of
the
Report
include:
- The
U.S.
is
the
fastest
growing
wind
market
worldwide.
There
remains
substantial
potential
for
the
expansion
of
wind
power
to
achieve
approximately
20
percent
of
the
nation’s
generating
mix.
- Texas,
Washington,
and
California
lead
the
U.S.
in
annual
capacity
growth.
- Wind
power
is
competitive
and
has
provided
good
value
in
wholesale
power
markets.
Wind
power
has
consistently
been
priced
at,
or
below,
the
average
price
of
conventional
electricity
(coal,
nuclear,
natural
gas,
etc.).
- The
cost
of
turbines
has
risen
since
2002.
Higher
costs
have
reversed
the
decline
in
total
wind
project
costs
and
driven
up
the
cost
of
generating
wind
power.
Turbine
cost
increases
have
been
driven
by
rises
in
input
material
and
energy
prices,
and
some
shortages
in
certain
turbine
components.
- Wind
project
performance,
has
increased
sharply
over
the
last
several
years.
This
has
been
driven
in
part
by
improved
project
siting,
and
technological
advancements.
- The
wind
market
is
in
a
period
of
transition.
Electric
utilities
have
shown
increased
interest
in
wind
project
ownership,
and
merchant
wind
power
plants
and
sales
to
power
marketers
have
become
more
common.
You
can
read
the
full
DOE
press
release
here
2006
installed
wind
power
"enough
to
power
the
homes
in
a
city
the
size
of
Philadelphia"
What
do
you
think?
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Readers'
comments:
Latest
first
Skipper
:
Lots of Bull. Does not and will not ever power anything but someones pocket book at the Tax Payers Expense. Just as Solar is and has.
Ron M
:
I've seen all the windmills near palm springs and you can actually do a windmill tour of the california palm springs windmills if you go to windmilltours dot com.
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