|
State
|
Harnessable
Wind Potential (MW)
|
|
North
Dakota
|
138,400 |
|
Texas
|
136,100 |
|
Kansas
|
121,900 |
|
South
Dakota
|
117,200 |
|
Montana
|
116,000 |
|
Nebraska
|
99,100 |
|
Wyoming
|
85,200 |
|
Oklahoma
|
82,700 |
|
Minnesota
|
75,000 |
|
Iowa
|
62,900 |
|
Colorado
|
54,900 |
|
New Mexico
|
49,700 |
|
Idaho
|
8,290 |
|
Michigan
|
7,460 |
|
New York
|
7,080 |
|
Illinois
|
6,980 |
|
California
|
6,770 |
|
Wisconsin
|
6,440 |
|
Maine
|
6,390 |
|
Missouri
|
5,960 |
|
Nevada
|
5,740 |
|
Pennsylvania
|
5,120 |
|
Oregon
|
4,870 |
|
Washington
|
3,740 |
|
Massachusetts
|
2,880 |
|
Utah
|
2,770 |
|
Arkansas
|
2,460 |
|
Virginia
|
1,380 |
|
New Jersey
|
1,200 |
|
Arizona
|
1,090 |
| Source:
American Wind Energy Association; Pacific Northwest Laboratory, An
Assessment of the Available Windy Land Area and Wind Energy
Potential in the Contiguous United States, 1991. |
|
Wind Energy Potential,
Installed and Planned Capacity for Top 5 States
|
| State |
Harnessable
Wind Potential (MW)
|
Installed
Capacity
|
Planned
Capacity
|
| North
Dakota |
138,400 |
1 |
0 |
| Texas |
136,100 |
188 |
920 |
| Kansas |
121,900 |
2 |
109 |
| South
Dakota |
117,200 |
0 |
2 |
| Montana |
116,000 |
0 |
22 |
| Source:
American Wind Energy Association, “Wind Project Data Base,”
26 April 2001. |
|
Wind
Energy Projects and Wind Energy Potential for Selected States
In order of decreasing current production
|
|
|
Wind Energy Potential |
|
State
|
Installed
MW |
Planned
MW |
Average
MW |
Annual
billion kWh |
Wind
Potential Rank in U.S. |
|
California
|
1604.00
|
455.30
|
6770
|
59
|
17
|
|
Minnesota
|
273.16
|
163.90
|
75000
|
657
|
9
|
|
Iowa
|
242.39
|
259.25
|
62900
|
551
|
10
|
|
Texas
|
188.54
|
919.78
|
136000
|
1190
|
2
|
|
Wyoming
|
73.84
|
26.80
|
85000
|
747
|
7
|
|
Oregon
|
25.10
|
124.60
|
4870
|
43
|
23
|
|
Wisconsin
|
22.98
|
50.50
|
6440
|
56
|
18
|
|
Colorado
|
21.60
|
197.24
|
54900
|
481
|
11
|
|
New
York
|
18.50
|
115.15
|
7080
|
62
|
15
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
10.53
|
214.23
|
5120
|
45
|
22
|
|
Vermont
|
6.00
|
5.00
|
537
|
5
|
34
|
|
Nebraska
|
2.82
|
0.00
|
99100
|
868
|
6
|
|
Hawaii
|
1.56
|
45.15
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Kansas
|
1.50
|
108.90
|
121900
|
1070
|
3
|
|
New
Mexico
|
1.00
|
0.00
|
49700
|
435
|
12
|
|
Alaska
|
0.73
|
0.35
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Michigan
|
0.60
|
17.25
|
7460
|
65
|
14
|
|
North
Dakota
|
0.39
|
0.10
|
138400
|
1210
|
1
|
|
Massachusetts
|
0.32
|
7.20
|
2880
|
25
|
25
|
|
Utah
|
0.23
|
0.00
|
2770
|
24
|
26
|
|
Maine
|
0.10
|
26.05
|
6390
|
56
|
19
|
|
Montana
|
0.10
|
22.00
|
116000
|
1020
|
5
|
|
Idaho
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
8333
|
73
|
13
|
|
Illinois
|
0.00
|
80.00
|
6980
|
61
|
16
|
|
Missouri
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
5936
|
52
|
20
|
|
Oklahoma*
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
82763
|
725
|
8
|
|
South
Dakota
|
0.00
|
3.35
|
117200
|
1030
|
4
|
|
Tennessee
|
0.00
|
1.98
|
186
|
2
|
39
|
|
Washington
|
0.00
|
215.00
|
3740
|
33
|
24
|
|
West
Virginia
|
0.00
|
85.00
|
594
|
5
|
32
|
|
TOTALS
|
2,495.97
|
3,144.08
|
1,214,948.96
|
10,650.00
|
|
| Source:
American Wind Energy Association, 2001 Wind
Project Data Base
|
|
World and Regional Wind Energy Generating Capacity,
1980–2000
|
| |
By
Region
|
| Year |
World |
Annual
Additions |
U.S. |
Germany |
Denmark |
India |
Spain |
| |
(megawatts) |
|
| 1980 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 1981 |
25 |
15 |
18 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| 1982 |
90 |
65 |
84 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
| 1983 |
210 |
120 |
254 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
| 1984 |
600 |
390 |
653 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
| 1985 |
1,020 |
420 |
945 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
| 1986 |
1,270 |
250 |
1,265 |
0 |
82 |
0 |
0 |
| 1987 |
1,450 |
180 |
1,333 |
5 |
115 |
0 |
0 |
| 1988 |
1,580 |
130 |
1,231 |
15 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
| 1989 |
1,730 |
150 |
1,332 |
27 |
262 |
0 |
0 |
| 1990 |
1,930 |
200 |
1,484 |
62 |
343 |
0 |
0 |
| 1991 |
2,170 |
240 |
1,709 |
112 |
413 |
39 |
5 |
| 1992 |
2,510 |
340 |
1,680 |
180 |
458 |
39 |
50 |
| 1993 |
2,990 |
480 |
1,635 |
335 |
487 |
79 |
60 |
| 1994 |
3,680 |
720 |
1,663 |
643 |
539 |
185 |
70 |
| 1995 |
4,820 |
1,294 |
1,612 |
1,130 |
637 |
576 |
140 |
| 1996 |
6,115 |
1,290 |
1,614 |
1,548 |
835 |
820 |
230 |
| 1997 |
7,640 |
1,566 |
1,611 |
2,080 |
1,120 |
940 |
512 |
| 1998 |
9,940 |
2,363 |
1,837 |
2,870 |
1,428 |
1,060 |
830 |
| 1999 |
13,840 |
3,900 |
2,490 |
4,445 |
1,718 |
1,150 |
1,584 |
| 2000 |
18,449 |
4,492 |
2,554 |
6,113 |
2,140 |
1,167 |
2,250 |
| Compiled
by Worldwatch Institute from: Birger Madsen, BTM Consult, Denmark,
10 January 1998; International Wind Energy
Development: World Market Update 1996 (Denmark, March 1997);
and American Wind Energy Association, Global
Wind Energy Report 2000; data for India 1998–1999 estimated.
|
|
Top Ten Countries,
Installed Wind Power, 2000
|
|
Country
|
Installed
Wind Power (MW) |
|
Germany
|
6,113 |
|
United
States
|
2,554 |
|
Denmark
|
2,300 |
|
Spain
|
2,235 |
|
India
|
1,167 |
|
Netherlands
|
449 |
|
Italy
|
427 |
|
United
Kingdom
|
406 |
|
China
|
265 |
|
Sweden
|
231 |
| Source:
American Wind Energy Association. |
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