Tag: American Wind Energy Association

US Wind Energy Now Supplies More Than 30% In Four States

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing forms of electricity generation in the United States, with the largest share renewable electricity generating capacity in the country, and according to new information...

US Wind Industry Installed 7 Gigawatts In 2017 & Drove $11 Billion In Investment

The US wind industry installed an impressive 7 gigawatts of new power capacity in 2017 and drove $11 billion worth of new private investment, according to a new report published by the...

Wind Power Saves Over $100 Billion In Health Care Costs In US, Study Finds

A study done by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and published by Nature Energy in August finds that wind power in the United States is responsible for saving thousands of lives and over...

Vestas Secures 350 Megawatts In Wind Turbine Orders For US In 2 Weeks

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is doing strong business in the United States in the third quarter so far, taking in just under 350 megawatts worth of wind turbine orders in the...

US Wind & Solar Accounts For 10% Of March Electricity For 1st Time

For the first time ever, US wind and solar electricity generation exceeded 10% of the monthly total in March, according to figures published by the country’s Energy Information Agency this week. The EIA...

Nebraska Sails Past 1K Megawatts of Wind-Energy Capacity

With the raising of a 400-megawatt wind farm in the state, Nebraska has sailed past 1,000 megawatts — or 1 gigawatt — of wind-generated capacity. Nebraska's turbines provide over 1,300 megawatts of capacity...

Turbines Propel Nebraska Past a Wind-Energy Milestone

With the raising of Grand Prairie, a 400-megawatt wind farm in Holt County, Nebraska has sailed past 1,000 megawatts — or 1 gigawatt — of wind-generated capacity. It's the 18th state to...

US Wind Sector Has Best Quarter Since 2009, With More Than 2,000 MW Installed

The US wind energy sector had its best quarter since 2009, installing 908 utility-scale wind turbines totaling 2,000 megawatts of new capacity. New figures published Tuesday by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)...

US Wind Power Added Jobs more than 9 Times Faster than Overall US Economy

New figures published by the American Wind Energy Association show that the US wind energy industry added jobs at more than 9 times faster than the overall US economy in 2016, reaching...

7-Eleven to Power 425 Texas Stores With Wind Energy

7-Eleven, Inc. will energize 425 stories in Texas with wind energy it will buy from TXU Energy. This initiative is expected to reduce 7-Eleven's carbon footprint by 6.7 percent and reduce operating...

Huge Win for Renewables in Maryland as Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto

Lawmakers in the Maryland Senate voted 32-13 Thursday to expand the state's renewable energy target restoring the Clean Energy Jobs Act and overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of the measure in...

New Mexico Breezes into Wind-Energy Gigawatt Club

New Mexico became the seventeenth state in the U.S. in December to surpass the 1,000-megawatt mark for installed wind energy capacity, following the startup of a 250-megawatt wind farm in Roosevelt County. New...

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