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March's wind power record will likely be surpassed in the near future as wind capacity continues to be added in the state.

«Not only are you seeing these percentages of wind, wind capacity continues to grow in ERCOT.»

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Still, the wind energy industry continues to plug along, installing 7 gigawatts of production capacity in 2016.

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The problem with wind continues to be its intermittent power generation and short - lived energy storage capacity.

Lanford admits that chimpanzee research is winding down in the United States, but he believes it will continue in some capacity.

Guest post: Roger Andrews Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, continues to set records for electicity generation and installed capacity in many parts of the world, and as shown in Figure 1 wind and solar growth in recent years has indeed been quite spectacular (the data used to construct this and following Figures are from the 2014 BP Statistical Review of World Energy): Figure 1: Electricity Generated from Solar and Wind, 1965 - 2013 But Figure 1 doesn't tell the whole story because solar and wind are only two of the four main sources of renewable enewind and solar, continues to set records for electicity generation and installed capacity in many parts of the world, and as shown in Figure 1 wind and solar growth in recent years has indeed been quite spectacular (the data used to construct this and following Figures are from the 2014 BP Statistical Review of World Energy): Figure 1: Electricity Generated from Solar and Wind, 1965 - 2013 But Figure 1 doesn't tell the whole story because solar and wind are only two of the four main sources of renewable enewind and solar growth in recent years has indeed been quite spectacular (the data used to construct this and following Figures are from the 2014 BP Statistical Review of World Energy): Figure 1: Electricity Generated from Solar and Wind, 1965 - 2013 But Figure 1 doesn't tell the whole story because solar and wind are only two of the four main sources of renewable eneWind, 1965 - 2013 But Figure 1 doesn't tell the whole story because solar and wind are only two of the four main sources of renewable enewind are only two of the four main sources of renewable energy.

While wind energy continued to expand in 2016, its annual growth in capacity declined by almost a fifth compared to 2015 (a year which saw a developer rush in China).

Germany enjoyed a 15.4 % growth in capacity from 2013 to 2014 and projections are for a similar growth in 2015, continuing Germany's status of leader within Europe's wind market.

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.

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.

Between 2004 and 2009, wind energy capacity in the United States grew by 423 %, while solar energy capacity expanded by 150 %.30 Yet over the same time frame, nuclear energy managed to increase by only 1 percent.31 By 2020, wind energy will grow by another 82 %, while nuclear power is only on track to expand by 10 %.32 A clean energy standard would help lift the dormant U.S. nuclear industry off the mat while also ensuring that the market for traditional renewables, like wind and solar, continues to grow through aggressive state mandates.

The trend of wind, natural gas, and solar additions making up most new capacity is likely to continue in 2016.

In ERCOT, as well as in the United States overall, additions of wind capacity experienced a strong recovery starting in mid-2014 and continuing through 2015.

Since then Cumming says he has established that even with the continued expansion of wind farms in South Australia, the AEMO figures show the abatement has risen to only about 4 per cent of the installed capacity, or just more than 1 per cent greenhouse gas abatement.

RenewEconomy While the large - scale solar market continues to wow, a new report has forecast a near doubling of the world's installed wind power capacity in the next five years, citing new policy pushes in China and India — and a «roaring back» to form from Australia.

In China the wind sector continued to grow, installing 30.8 GW of new capacity, surpassing the EU in total installations,...

Arab News Global wind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shwind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shWind Energy Council shows.

The Business Times GLOBAL wind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shwind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shWind Energy Council shows.

Reuters LONDON, April 25 (Reuters)-- Global wind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shwind energy capacity could increase by more than half over the next five years, as costs continue to fall and the market returns to growth at the end of this decade, a report by the Global Wind Energy Council shWind Energy Council shows.

A continuing sharp decline in technology costs — particularly in solar but also in wind — meant that every dollar invested in renewable energy bought significantly more generating capacity in 2014.

The exponential growth of China's wind energy sector is expected to continue, with major projects moving forward including the Wind Base program's seven mega-complexes, each with a capacity of 10,000 to 30,000 megawawind energy sector is expected to continue, with major projects moving forward including the Wind Base program's seven mega-complexes, each with a capacity of 10,000 to 30,000 megawaWind Base program's seven mega-complexes, each with a capacity of 10,000 to 30,000 megawatts.

AEMO notes that small - scale generation investment has increased rapidly over the last three years, the Large - scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is driving continued investment in wind generation capacity, and average spot market prices have been falling in every region since 2007 — 08.

On the wind side, transmission capacity continued to be a problem, with nearly 15 % of wind power being wasted («curtailed») due to inadequate transmission capability.

«These attributes will continue to drive wind energy growth in 2015, where we expect a minimum of another 1,500 MW of new wind energy capacity to come on line.

The potential for breakthroughs in solar PV technology, such as next - generation thin film materials, reduced capital intensity of manufacturing capacity as well as continued improvements in the scale and capacity factor of wind technology means the levelized cost of energy could continue to fall.

Installations of wind and solar totaled almost 155 gigawatts (GW) last year, more than the entire installed power capacity in the U.K., meaning that renewables continue to far outpace coal - fired power plant development.

The by far largest wind power market China installed an additional capacity of 19 Gigawatt, slightly less than in 2016, and continues its undisputed position as the world's wind power leader, with a cumulated wind capacity of 188 Gigawatt.

Yet Cummings claims that he has established «that even with the continued expansion of wind farms in South Australia, the Australian Energy Market Operator's figures show the abatement has risen to only about 4 percent of the installed capacity» of SA's wind power.

«The wind industry is expected to continue its robust growth as a top source of renewable energy generating capacity in the country,» said Brad Pollard, OEM sales manager.

note 43, and Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007), p. 4, with capacity factor from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Oak Ridge, TN: DOE, August 2006); Flemming Hansen, «Denmark to Increase Wind Power to 50 % by 2025, Mostly Offshore,» Renewable Energy Access, 5 December 2006; Global Wind Energy Council, «Global Wind Energy Markets Continue to Boom - 2006 Another Record Year,» press release (Brussels: 2 February 2007), with European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association, «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16.

To illustrate that last point, in a decade of support for onshore wind (2002 - 2013) the UK added just 7.7 GW of wind capacity, which at 25 % capacity factor offers just 1.9 GW of intermittent supply, and was subsidised to the tune of # 3.4 billion over that period — and will continue to be subsidised.

Worldwide, solar and wind continue to be the fastest growing sources of new energy, both are growing at record - smashing double - digit rates every year, both set records for new generation capacity added in 2009.

Despite adverse economic conditions as well as uncertainty about future Federal energy policy, wind generators continue to represent a significant share of capacity additions in the electric power industry, which totaled 16,409 MW in 2010.

Returning to the point, and as noted in a previous comment, we're now seeing renewable projects being built in order to replace existing coal plants, not because of emissions concerns per se, but because it's cheaper to build new solar or wind capacity than it is to continue to operate the coal plant.