Wind power on the rise in America
AWEA, the national trade association of the United States wind energy industry, has shared that wind power topped 4% of the U.S. power grid for the first time last year.
By Ritesh Gupta
Wind power generated 4.13% of all the electricity. Also, wind energy delivered 30% of all new generating capacity for the last five years.
In Iowa and South Dakota, wind power now exceeds 25% of total electricity production. In nine states, it provided more than 12% and in 17 states, more than 5%.
Texas, the state with the largest electricity load and the most installed wind capacity, also generated the most electricity from wind energy – over 35.9 million MW-hours. The wind energy industry started 2014 with a record 12,000 MW of wind project capacity under construction.