06-02-2016, 08:45 AM
'kerekesc' pid='71274' datel Wrote:I am not in the energy business, but I have seen some wind-generation fields in Europe and the United States. So, I would be very interested to know which State/States will provide 30% of their base-load generation from wind power by early 2017?
According to the American Wind Energy Association in 2015 Texas wind farms generated 9.98% of the state's electrical power with 30% more MWs under construction. That's the #1 state by capacity. But it is IOWA that uses windturbines to generate 31.2% of its in-state electrical usage. Impressive but still not a replacement for hydrocarbon fuels, and quite capital intensive. http://www.awea.org/resources/statefactsheets.aspx?itemnumber=890