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Transcript: U.S. CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WORLD IN WIND POWER GROWTH
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- May 29, 2008
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INDSTRY GROUP 99
Regulatory Intelligence Data
05-29-2008
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2007
edition of its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and
Performance Trends, which provides a comprehensive overview of developments
in the rapidly evolving U.S. wind power market. Notably, the report finds
that U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, with $9
billion invested in U.S. wind plants in 2007 alone, making the U.S. the
fastest-growing wind power market in the world for the third straight year.
The report also showed that wind is on a path to becoming a significant
contributor to the U.S. power mix-wind projects accounted for ...