Americas Wind Industry Reaches Record Highs - 2012

Wind Energy / Resource Evaluation

The Energy Department released two new reports highlighting record highs for U.S. wind energy production and manufacturing and demonstrating America's continued leadership in this rapidly growing global industry. Wind energy is now the fastest growing source of power in the United States representing 43 percent of all new U.S. electric generation capacity in 2012 and $25 billion in new investment.

The reports were prepared in partnership with the Department, Lawrence Berkeley and Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. In the first four years of the Obama Administration, American electricity generation from wind and solar power more than doubled. President Obama's Climate Action Plan makes clear that the growth of clean, renewable wind energy remains a critical part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that cuts carbon pollution, diversifies our energy economy and brings the next generation of American-made clean energy technologies to market. The Administration has committed once again to doubling renewable electricity generation from energy resources like wind power.

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