The US had advance than 13 GW of wind power projects beneath organization at the end of the initial quarter to attestation a periodic explosion, according to the American Twirl energy Join.
Twirl farms are what mechanized in 21 states together with Texas topping the clump for appeal on 8 GW, followed by Iowa (advance than 1GW), Kansas (700MW), North Dakota (600MW) and Oklahoma (nearly 500MW).
Figures place with the US wind belabor installed 133 wind turbines totalling 214 MW in the flavor, which is advance than was installed in the initial three council house of 2013. Equalize installed wind might in the refinement now stands at 61.327 GW.
The answer pull in advance of the almanac Windpower Dialogue and Parade in Las Vegas in addition to week.
"The US wind belabor has a taken few weeks advance together with the prime wind energy meeting in North America potential up and incentive on Capitol Mound to carry up an extenders apportion in the unhealthy Meeting, plus the Subject Tax Credit," whispered AWEA exceptional management Tom Kiernan.
"An threaten of the PTC is weighty to periodic the development of US wind energy and we facade publicize to scrutiny the unhealthy Meeting carry up the apportion afterward."
Meanwhile, neighboring little 1GW of new power bear agreements for wind energy like been unveiled so far in 2014, boarding house on the 8GW of PPAs signed in 2013.