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Germany, which already has three times as much wind power as any other EU country, installed 44 % of Europe's new wind capacity last year.

Alberta added no new wind capacity last year, but remains Canada's third largest wind market with 1,479 MW.

The US installed over 5 GW of wind capacity last year, and every kWh coming from wind is displacing fossil CO2 emissions and helping things along.

Not exact matches

Last year, it installed more wind capacity than any other nation — an astounding 16.5 gigawatts.

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.

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

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.

Germany's offshore wind capacity more than doubled last year as investors warm up to the technology, helping Europe's largest economy in its ambitious push into renewable power

Wind power is the renewable energy which has seen the widest and most successful deployment over the last two decades, increasing the global cumulative capacity from 3 GW to 370 GW.

Last year represented an annual record with 52.8 GW of wind turbines capacity installed worldwide, a 48 % increase compared to 2013 and 17 % over the 2012 record of 45.2 GW.

Whether inside your laptop computer or storing energy outside wind farms, we need high - capacity, long - lasting, and safe batteries.

The 52,000 - student district requested the report on schools» capacity to handle students with mental and behavior needs after a 14 - year - old opened fire at a school last August, wounding two teachers and two other students before killing himself.

It really comes down to wind and solar intermittency problems, and closing the last 20 % of capacity.

[D] espite additions of substantial wind, solar, and nuclear capacity, when properly adjusted for capacity factor (the amount of annual energy produced per unit of capacity) to reflect production capability, the amount of new coal energy added to the China grid last year exceeded new solar energy by 17 times, new wind energy by more than 4 times, and even new hydro by more than 3 times.

In more than 30 countries, electricity produced through solar and wind energy is the same price or cheaper than any new fossil fuel capacity, the report, released last Wednesday, noted.

«More wind energy capacity has been installed in Canada over the last decade than any other form of electricity generation.

If Germany were now exclusively wind and solar there were two 4 week periods within the last 12 months in which it would have needed about 8x the current capacity in order to avoid storage beyond diurnal and one or two day bridging.

Despite low natural gas prices, solar and wind accounted for 60 percent of new U.S. power capacity last year and will likely account for 70 percent this year, says Marlene Motyka, U.S. alternative energy leader at Deloitte.

Once completed, Los Vientos III and IV — announced last year — and Los Vientos V will bring Duke Energy's total wind - generated capacity to more than 2,100 MW, which firmly establishes Duke Energy Renewables in the top 10 for wind production in the country.

I realize that the EIA has made this claim, but they use a 35 % capacity factor and make some very generous assumptions, such as using a 30 year life when wind turbines are expected to last 20, possibly, fewer years.

In this year's GWEC report, Canada ranks 6th in terms of new installed capacity with the addition of 1,871 MW of wind energy in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and PEI, and 7th in terms of overall cumulative capacity — an increase from last year's 9th place ranking.

Offshore Visie Last year saw 54.6 gigawatts (GW) of wind capacity installed across the planet, with global installed capacity now standing at almost 487 GW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWwind capacity installed across the planet, with global installed capacity now standing at almost 487 GW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWWind Energy Council (GWEC).

Wind energy has been the largest source of new electricity generation in Canada over the last five years and Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that perWind energy has been the largest source of new electricity generation in Canada over the last five years and Canada's installed wind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that perwind energy capacity has grown by an average 23 per cent a year over that period.

... Some of what's happening here is that IEA builds models of what electricity from solar and wind should cost, based on equations that put together the up - front capital cost, the capacity factor of the installations, the availability of good sites, how long those installations should last, and the interest rate the builders pay.

Last year's additions were down from 54.64 GW in 2016, but brought the world's cumulative wind power capacity to 539.58 GW by...

Renewables Now SICA Metalurgica Argentina and two Spanish partners will set up wind tower manufacturing capacity in the city of Esperanza under a commercial and industrial agreement signed last week.

There has been no increase in the peaking power capacity in SA in the last 11 years, during which all the wind farms were built.

Recharge The wind industry added a further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with turbines in more than 90 countries making up an installed generating capacity of 486.8 GW, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind Repwind industry added a further 54GW of plant to the grid around the world last year, with turbines in more than 90 countries making up an installed generating capacity of 486.8 GW, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind RepWind Energy Council's (GWEC) latest Global Wind RepWind Report.

Wind energy contributed 32 percent of all new U.S. electric capacity additions last year, representing $ 14 billion in new investment.

SmartBrief The world's total installed wind capacity is poised to hit 800 gigawatts by the end of 2021, up from nearly 487 GW at the end of last year, according to the Global Wind Energy Counwind capacity is poised to hit 800 gigawatts by the end of 2021, up from nearly 487 GW at the end of last year, according to the Global Wind Energy CounWind Energy Council.

The Guardian An upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy smash global records last year, according to a report on new supply.

Last year, more wind energy capacity was installed than ever before in the United States.

Recharge News Almost 42 % more PV capacity was installed than wind around the world in 2016, according to SolarPower Europe and GWEC figures Solar power shot past wind as the fastest growing renewable - energy technology for the first time last year, according to a new report by SolarPower Europe (SPE).

The nation's installed wind capacity rose by 12.9 % last year, higher than in both preceding years.

Around this time last year, I blogged about some misconceptions on U.S. and China's installed wind capacity and wind energy generation, highlighting that the U.S. was producing 64 % more wind energy than China in 2011 with the same amount of turbines.

That accounts for 3 percent of wind energy here, which might not seem like much, but over half that capacity has been built in just the last three years.

According to Wind Power in Europe, wind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of new installed capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 yeWind Power in Europe, wind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of new installed capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 yewind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of new installed capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 years.

The UN Environment Programme revealed that almost half of all new generating capacity added to grids around the world last year was from renewable energy sources, overwhelmingly wind and solar.

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.

Last year, more than twice as much money was put into new capacity for renewables such as solar and wind power than into new power stations burning fossil fuels, according to a new analysis by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

According to the authors of the 2012 Wind Technologies Market Report (PDF), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger, wind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last yWind Technologies Market Report (PDF), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger, wind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last ywind's installed capacity in the U.S. grew by more than 13 gigawatts last year, double the amount from the year before and the largest new source of power that went up last year.

Last year, there was enough wind power capacity in the European Union to generate six per cent of its electricity, according to the European Wind Energy Associatwind power capacity in the European Union to generate six per cent of its electricity, according to the European Wind Energy AssociatWind Energy Association.

He began with a statistic that wind power was # 1 in new US electric generation capacity last year.

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 minimum prediction for 2015 would break the trend of the last two years — currently CanWEA is predicting 1.5 GW capacity increase for 2015 compared to just under 1.6 GW for 2013 and 1.871 MW last year — but the positive momentum in the Canadian wind market is still tangible even if a new capacity increase record is not achieved in 2015.

Already the nation's wind leader with over 18 GW of nameplate capacity, a report from the state grid operator last year estimated the addition of between 14.5 GW and 27 GW of solar out to 2031 — all without a state RPS.

WCC values in percentage of installed capacity are determined from actual historic median wind generator contribution over the last 10 years at the top 5 contiguous demand hours of the day for each winter and summer season, or shoulder period month.

And while these are relatively low shares, solar and wind made up more than 60 % of new generation put online last year by capacity.

to both wind and solar projects, but over the last decade, many utilities were more keen to add wind capacity, as it typically remained cheaper on a per - kWh basis.

Already the nation's wind leader with over 18 GW of nameplate capacity, a report from the state grid operator last year