Tag: American Wind Energy Association
2017 Q1: US wind industry has most installs in eight years
US wind industry installed 2,000 megawatts of capacity in Q1 In the first quarter of this year, the US wind industry installed 2,000 megawatts of capacity, nearly four times the amount installed at the same time last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association. In its first-quarter report released Tuesday, the AWEA says this […]
Wind surpasses hydro as largest US renewable energy source
Texas has more than 20 MW of installed wind capacity, nearly 1/4 of market, followed by Iowa and Oklahoma (Reuters) – Wind energy has surpassed hydropower as the biggest source of renewable electricity in the United States following the sector’s second-biggest quarter ever for new installations, according to a wind industry trade group. Wind installations […]
New EIA data reveal flaws in report used to justify EPA methane rules
According to EPA data, heavier reliance on renewables could result in natural gas prices at least 12% lower than EPA’s base case The latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) short-term energy outlook further demonstrates how misleading the study used by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to justify costly methane […]
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