Sentences with phrase «total wind capacity»

China led all countries in annual wind power gains for the third straight year, installing a jaw - dropping 18,000 megawatts for a total wind capacity of 63,000 megawatts.

Spain — ranking fourth in the world behind Germany in total wind capacity — gets more than 10 percent of its electricity from wind, as do Portugal and Ireland.

Brazil, which leads the way in the rapidly expanding Latin American market, reached 1,500 megawatts of total wind capacity in 2011, a 63 percent increase over 2010.

Texas currently has more than 12,000 MW of operational utility - scale wind capacity (see graph below)-- about one - fifth of the total wind capacity in the United States.

[11] China also added the most wind power of any country in 2009, 13 gigawatts, [12] ranking third in the world in total wind capacity, with the United States first and Germany second.

The 2010 update to the wind resource map raised the height at which the measurements were taken from 50 to 80 meters above ground, addressing updates in turbine technology and showing an increase in the total wind capacity resource of the continental United States.

And while Iowa is a distant second, with 3,700 megawatts of total wind capacity, at least 17 percent of its electricity generation comes from wind.

Wind is now priced at less than $ 50 / MWh in the US, and the proposed build out of wind will take Xcel's total wind capacity to 2,650 MW — nearly equivalent to Australia's entire capacity.

Energy Digital The world's total wind capacity is anticipated to rise by more than 50 % in the next five years, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

Total wind capacity installations in the United States followed a similar pattern: about 1,500 MW of wind capacity was installed in 2013 through May 2014, and more than 7,700 MW was installed from June 2014 through August 2015.

The United States is easily the 2nd largest in installed wind capacity and, as of the end of 2014, had 84 % of the total wind capacity in North America.

At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.

Not exact matches

Europe's total offshore wind capacity increased by 25 percent in 2017, according to WindEurope.

Just over 3.1 GW of new offshore wind was installed in Europe last year, with total capacity hitting almost 15.8 GW, the trade body said.

According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), there are more than 48,800 turbines operating in the United States, allowing for a total installed wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2Wind Energy Association (AWEA), there are more than 48,800 turbines operating in the United States, allowing for a total installed wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2wind capacity of 73,992 MW in 2015.

Looking ahead to 2040, China is forecast to capture more than 40 percent of the world EV market, according to a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), as well as nearly 30 percent of total new wind, solar and nuclear capacity additions.

Microsoft, which has contracts to purchase a total capacity of 500 megawatts of wind energy to power U.S. data centers, has seen costs drop steadily, says director of energy strategy Brian Janous.

But Europe has been leading the way in using the technology, adding 3 GW last year and taking total offshore capacity to 19 GW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.

On commissioning the total capacity of wind power crossed 10GW of installed capacity.

China solidified its standing as the world's wind energy behemoth in 2015, adding almost as much wind power capacity in one year as the total installed capacity of the three largest U.S. wind - producing states: Texas, Iowa and California.

At the end of 2009, the capacity of Texas wind turbines, reaching to the horizons of farm and prairie land, totaled 9,410 megawatts, well more than the combined total of the next three largest wind - power states, Iowa, California and Washington.

The offshore wind power potential in the U.S. is huge, totalling more than 4,000 gigawatts if fully developed — about four times today's total U.S. electric power generating capacity and enough electricity to power about 800 million homes, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Published this week, the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) US Wind Industry Second Quarter 2016 Market Report, reveals strong growth in the second quarter — a total of 310 MW installed during the second quarter, bringing the full - year's cumulative installed capacity up to 830 MW.

However, lack of information on actual investment figures aside, the US wind industry is obviously benefiting, as it boasts over 18,200 MW of wind power capacity currently under construction, and a cumulative total of 74.8 GW of wind capacity installed across the country.

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I do know that over 40 GW of new wind power capacity was brought online globally in 2011, bringing the cumulative total to over 238 GW.

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In 2008, a total of 102 wind farms came online, providing more than 8,400 megawatts of generating capacity.

Currently, Spain has 16,000 MW of installed wind capacity, or 10 % of its total annualized electric demand, and plans to expand renewable generation to 40,000 MW over the next twelve years.

This would be particularly useful because the province's total wind power capacity is expected to increase from 1,700 megawatts now to around 7,800 megawatts by 2018.

Using the wind industry's own claims, 2700 MW of installed wind capacity in Maine could in the best - case theoretical conditions only reduce total U.S. CO2 emissions by less than four - one - hundredths of one percent (0.04 %.)

Saudi Arabia — which has awarded 1.2 GW of capacity in 2018 and will start commissioning projects in the second half of next year — Iran and Jordan are seen as «key drivers» of this growth, making up nearly 70 % of total wind power capacity added over the forecast period.

And while turbines along the Gulf Coast represent only 13 % of the state's total wind, these make up 40 % of the state's wind's peak capacity contribution, as «coastal» wind tends to produce more in the late afternoon and evening.

The total capacity for the world's wind farms, now generating power in about 80 countries, is near 240,000 megawatts.

Econcern will invest $ 1.1 billion in onshore wind projects, totaling 720 MW of wind capacity, partnering with the likes of CNOOC New Energy and Sinohydro Renewable Energy.

The U.S. wind energy industry installed a record 13,124 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity in 2012, which brings the total wind power in the U.S. to 60,007 MW.

The total installed capacity of the project is 80 MW; which involves operation of 40 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs), each with a capacity of 2 MW.

Based on the Jobs and Economic Development Index model, developed by NREL, developing one gigawatt worth of onshore wind energy capacity in Mississippi could support approximately 3,700 direct, indirect and induced jobs during construction and about 124 ongoing operation jobs with a total annual payroll of $ 5.9 million.

- $ 38.8 million in two North Dakota wind farms with a total capacity of 169.5 megawatts, the first production tax credit deal done after the 2008 economic crash;

The policies of the Howard Government stopped these resources from being developed (none of the wind farms built before 2008 were large, and the total installed capacity in February 2008 was around 130MW.

Ontario continued to lead Canada in installed wind energy capacity, adding 119 MW of new wind in 2017, bringing that province's total installed capacity to 4,900 MW.

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Nova Scotia ended the year with 579 MW of wind energy capacity, placing it fourth among the provinces for total installed capacity.

OPIC is rapidly increasing its focus on renewable energy in Africa: Its 2014 agreement to provide financing and insurance to support construction of the310 - megawatt Lake Turkana wind power plant in northern Kenya, is the largest renewable power plant it has committed to date in Africa, and has a projected capacity of almost triple the total capacity of renewable energy projects OPIC committed in the prior three years.

Ontario continued to lead Canada in market size and growth, adding 413 MW of new wind energy capacity in 2016 to bring its total installed capacity to 4,781 MW.

Quebec added three projects totalling 249 MW of capacity in 2016, ending the year with 3,510 MW of wind energy on its grid and maintaining its position as the second largest wind energy market in Canada.

The wind farm will have a total installed capacity of 49.5 MW.

This chart shows the wind farm output and capacity factor for all wind farms and total in the Australian National Electricity Market: http://windfarmperformance.info/?date=2014-01-15.

Its clean energy portfolio, which accounts for over 18 % of the total equity capacity at end - 2011, includes hydro - electric, solar, wind and biomass plants.