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World
and Country Wind Energy Generating Capacity, 1980-2002
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By Country
|
| Year |
World
|
Annual Additions
|
United
States
|
Germany
|
Denmark
|
India
|
Spain
|
|
Megawatts
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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| 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
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| 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 |
3,488
|
498
|
1,663
|
643
|
539
|
185
|
70
|
| 1995 |
4,778
|
1,290
|
1,612
|
1,130
|
637
|
576
|
140
|
| 1996 |
6,104
|
1,326
|
1,614
|
1,548
|
835
|
820
|
230
|
| 1997 |
7,636
|
1,532
|
1,611
|
2,080
|
1,120
|
940
|
512
|
| 1998 |
10,153
|
2,517
|
1,837
|
2,870
|
1,428
|
992
|
830
|
| 1999 |
13,594
|
3,441
|
2,490
|
4,445
|
1,718
|
1,095
|
1,584
|
| 2000 |
17,890
|
4,296
|
2,566
|
6,113
|
2,300
|
1,167
|
2,235
|
| 2001 |
24,390
|
6,500
|
4,261
|
8,754
|
2,417
|
1,407
|
3,337
|
| 2002 |
31,128
|
6,738
|
4,685
|
12,001
|
2,889
|
1,702
|
4,830
|
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| Source:
Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001 (New York: W.W. Norton
& Company, 2001), pp. 45-46; updated by Earth Policy Institute from
BTM Consult, AWEA, EWEA, Windpower Monthly.
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Top
Ten Countries, Wind Energy Generating Capacity, 2002
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| Country |
Installed
Wind Power
|
|
Megawatts
|
| Germany |
12,001
|
| Spain |
4,830
|
| United
States |
4,685
|
| Denmark |
2,889
|
| India |
1,702
|
| Italy |
785
|
| Netherlands |
688
|
| United
Kingdom |
552
|
| China |
468
|
| Japan |
415
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| Source:
European Wind Energy Association, "Record Growth for Global Wind Power
in 2002," press release, 3 March 2003.
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Wind
Energy Projects and Wind Potential for Selected States
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In
order of decreasing current production
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|
| State |
Installed
|
Planned
|
Harnessable
Wind Potential
|
Wind
Potential Rank in U.S.
|
|
Megawatts
|
|
|
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|
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| California |
1,832
|
437
|
6,770
|
17
|
| Texas |
1,096
|
0
|
136,000
|
2
|
| Iowa |
423
|
45
|
62,900
|
10
|
| Minnesota |
336
|
195
|
75,000
|
9
|
| Washington |
268
|
400
|
3,740
|
24
|
| Oregon |
219
|
0
|
4,870
|
23
|
| Wyoming
|
141
|
0
|
85,000
|
7
|
| Kansas |
114
|
30
|
121,900
|
3
|
| West
Virginia |
66
|
0
|
594
|
32
|
| Colorado |
61
|
162
|
54,900
|
11
|
| Wisconsin |
53
|
0
|
6,440
|
18
|
| New
York |
48
|
410
|
7,080
|
15
|
| Pennsylvania |
34
|
113
|
5,120
|
22
|
| Nebraska |
14
|
1
|
99,100
|
6
|
| Hawaii |
9
|
0
|
na
|
na
|
| Vermont |
6
|
0
|
537
|
34
|
| North
Dakota |
5
|
81
|
138,400
|
1
|
| South
Dakota |
4
|
40
|
117,200
|
4
|
| Michigan |
2
|
0
|
7,460
|
14
|
| Tennessee |
2
|
27
|
186
|
39
|
| New
Mexico |
1
|
205
|
49,700
|
12
|
| Massachusetts |
1
|
423
|
2,880
|
25
|
| Alaska |
1
|
0
|
na
|
na
|
| Utah |
0
|
0
|
2,770
|
26
|
| Maine |
0
|
0
|
6,390
|
19
|
| Montana |
0
|
0
|
116,000
|
5
|
| New
Hampshire |
0
|
0
|
502
|
35
|
| Idaho |
0
|
0
|
8,333
|
13
|
| Illinois |
0
|
149
|
6,980
|
16
|
| Missouri |
0
|
0
|
5,936
|
20
|
| Oklahoma |
0
|
247
|
82,763
|
8
|
| Nevada |
0
|
215
|
5,740
|
21
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| TOTALS |
4,736
|
3,179
|
1,221,191
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| Source:
American Wind Energy Association, Wind
Energy Projects Throughout the United States of America, updated
23 January 2003; wind potential from D. L. Elliott, L. L. Wendell,
and G. L. Gower, An Assessment of the Available Windy Land Area and
Wind Energy Potential in the Contiguous United States (Richland, WA:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 1991).
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