Monday, April 13, 2009

Texas continues to lead nation in wind power


Texas continued to add substantially to its wind power generation last year bringing online 2,671 megawatts of new capacity — a mark that ranks it above all other states.

That’s according to the latest report from the American Wind Energy Association. More new wind capacity was added in Texas during the year than in any country, except China and the United States as a whole. In fact, if Texas were a country, it would rank sixth in the world for wind capacity, behind Germany, the rest of the U.S., Spain, China and India.

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