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U.S. ranks first in world for electricity generated from wind power
According to the 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report released in August by the Energy Department and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the United States ranks second in the world for wind power capacity and remains first for electricity generated from wind power. Total installed wind power capacity from turbines rated at more than 100 kilowatts in the United States grew at 12% in 2015 and stands at nearly 74 gigawatts, meeting an estimated 5.6% of U.S. end-use electricity demand. The nearly 8.6 gigawatts of capacity installed during 2015—more new deployment than any other electricity source—is up 77% compared to 2014. More than 4,300 utility-scale wind turbines were installed across 64 projects in 20 states in 2015.
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