http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/01/wind-energy-grows-45-in-2007/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:33:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/01/wind-energy-grows-45-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12483 Tom Gray Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:11:11 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/01/wind-energy-grows-45-in-2007/#comment-12483 Wind will reach one percent of generation this year (actually, a bit more at 48 billion kWh). That information was included in the original press release. One percent is indeed very small, but that's because the U.S.'s energy use is so gigantic. Twenty percent of Denmark's electricity is generated by wind, yet the U.S. now has more than five times as much installed wind generating capacity (nearly 17,000 MW compared with a little over 3,000 in Denmark). Further, U.S. wind generation doubled between the end of 2001 and the end of 2004--then it doubled again between the end of 2004 and the end of 2007. Regards, Thomas O. Gray American Wind Energy Association <a href="http://www.powerofwind.org" rel="nofollow">www.powerofwind.org</a> <a href="http://www.awea.org" rel="nofollow">www.awea.org</a> Wind will reach one percent of generation this year (actually, a bit more at 48 billion kWh). That information was included in the original press release.
One percent is indeed very small, but that’s because the U.S.’s energy use is so gigantic. Twenty percent of Denmark’s electricity is generated by wind, yet the U.S. now has more than five times as much installed wind generating capacity (nearly 17,000 MW compared with a little over 3,000 in Denmark). Further, U.S. wind generation doubled between the end of 2001 and the end of 2004–then it doubled again between the end of 2004 and the end of 2007.
Regards,
Thomas O. Gray
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.powerofwind.org
http://www.awea.org

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/01/wind-energy-grows-45-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-12482 Richard Hill Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:39:28 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/01/wind-energy-grows-45-in-2007/#comment-12482 5,244 megawatts of wind energy will produce about 16 billion kWh per year--we use about 4,000 billion kWh. Wind has yet to reach one percent of US electricity. When will you folks talk energy and not capacity? When will you talk percent of the total, not percent growth? If you have ery litle tostart with--great growth is possible. 5,244 megawatts of wind energy will produce about 16 billion kWh per year–we use about 4,000 billion kWh. Wind has yet to reach one percent of US electricity. When will you folks talk energy and not capacity? When will you talk percent of the total, not percent growth? If you have ery litle tostart with–great growth is possible.

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