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from American Wind Energy Association
That's a very pro-wind site...
but they link to their data source. www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly
I am surprised. Guess I'm just a fossil mentality.
Power System engineers, hold on to your hats. Grid is going to get a lot more chaotic. Coming decades will be a good time to be versed in control system theory, too .
old jim
from American Wind Energy Association
http://www.aweablog.org/american-innovation-at-work-u-s-worlds-top-wind-energy-producer/
in world
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The U.S. led the world in wind energy production in 2015.
Greg Alvarez
March 2, 2016
http://www.awea.org/MediaCenter/pressrelease.aspx?ItemNumber=8463 created more electricity from wind than any other country in 2015, according to new data released by the Global Wind Energy Council and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
American ingenuity and strong wind resources have helped make U.S. turbines the most productive in the world, producing over 190 million megawatt-hours of electricity in 2015. That’s significantly more than runners-up China, Germany and Spain. Although China has more than two times the installed wind power capacity as the U.S., production-based policies and top notch wind reserves allowed American turbines to generate more energy.
The new data also included some impressive milestones. Iowa became the first state to crack 30 percent wind-generated electricity, and 12 states now generate at least 10 percent of their electricity with wind. New to that list is Texas, the nation’s largest electricity user.
That's a very pro-wind site...
but they link to their data source. www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly
I am surprised. Guess I'm just a fossil mentality.
Power System engineers, hold on to your hats. Grid is going to get a lot more chaotic. Coming decades will be a good time to be versed in control system theory, too .
old jim