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Table 3-4
Distribution by States of Wind Power Generating Capacity in the
U.S. at the End of 2008
Rank
State
Wind Power Capacity
(MW)
1
Texas
7,356
2
Iowa
2,584
3
California
2,538
4
Minnesota
1,554
5
Washington
1,367
6
Colorado
1,068
7
New York
1,036
8
Oregon
991
9
Kansas
921
10
Illinois
916
11
Oklahoma
708
12
Wyoming
676
13
North Dakota
518
14
New Mexico
497
15
Wisconsin
449
16
Pennsylvania
361
17
Montana
272
18
West Virginia
230
19
South Dakota
187
20
Missouri
163
21
Nebraska
152
22
Michigan
144
23
Idaho
95
24
Hawaii
63
25
Maine
42
26
Tennessee
29
27
New Hampshire
25
28
Utah
20
29
New Jersey
8
30
Ohio
7
31
Vermont
6
32
Massachussetts
6
33
Rhode Island
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end of 2008. Despite this rapid growth, however, wind power currently provides only about
1 percent of the total electricity consumed in the United States.
Worldwide, 94,000 MW of wind power was installed by the end of 2007. According to
analysts at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and BTM Consult ApS, by
the end of 2011 wind power capacities are expected to grow to 40,000 MW in the U.S. (the
majority added in the West and Midwest) and 237,000 MW worldwide [BTM 2008, Zervos
and Kjaer 2008].
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