Friday, October 19, 2012

U.S. wind industry adding record number of turbines

Reuters: U.S. wind power developers are installing record-high numbers of turbines in 2012 but that growth could weaken if a production tax credit expires at the end of this year, an industry group said. The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time surpassed 50,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity - enough to power 13 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said in a report issued on Thursday. Wind developers have added 4,728 MW of wind power so far in 2012 with another...

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