Everyone Knows its Windy
From the Director of the National Wind Technology Center in Golden, Colorado, a few fun facts on the current state of wind power capacity and tech:
- 2004 global wind energy capacity: 47.3 Gigawatts
- 2004 US wind energy capacity: 6.7 Gigawatts (mostly in CA and TX)
- Average utility-sized wind turbine produced today: 1.2 Megawatts
- Largest currently produced by US manufacturor: 1.5 Megawatts (GE Energy)
- Estimated wind energy potential offshore of New England: 100 Gigawatts
- Estimated wind energy potential in the US Great Plains: More than enough to power the US
posted by Andy Bochman at 7:26 AM
 
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