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Vestas V47-660kW wind turbine at American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas A wind turbine blade on I-35 near Elm Mott, an increasingly common sight in Texas. Wind power has a long history in Texas. West Texas A&M University began wind energy research in 1970 and led to the formation of the Alternative Energy Institute (AEI) in 1977.
Brazos Wind Farm in Texas. Mendota Hills Wind Farm in northern Illinois. Wind power is a branch of the energy industry that has expanded quickly in the United States over the last several years. [3] In 2023, 421.1 terawatt-hours were generated by wind power, or 10.07% of electricity in the United States. [4]
California was the first U.S. state where large wind farms were developed, beginning in the early 1980s. [6] By 1995, California produced 30 percent of the entire world's wind-generated electricity. [7] Wind power in Texas surpassed the production in California to become the leader in the United States.
A lack of transmission capacity forced wind turbines to be shut down at times and reduced wind power generation in Texas by 17% in 2009. [64] In 2011, Texas had become the first state to surpass the 10,000 MW mark. [65] On completion in 2016, the Los Vientos Wind Farm became Texas's most powerful wind farm with a total installed capacity of 912 ...
Windmills of New England, Their Genius, Madness, History & Future. Cape Cod, MA: On Cape Publications. ISBN 0-9719547-7-1. Unless stated otherwise, the source for all entries is the Windmill World website.
Wind power showed potential for replacing natural gas in electricity generation on a cost basis. By 2021 wind energy produced 4872 terawatts-hour, 2.8% of the total primary energy production [51] and 6.6% of the total electricity production. [52] Technological innovations continue to drive new developments in the application of wind power.
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In addition to the megawatt wind farms, community scale single wind turbines of from 250 kW to 750 kW are typically 50 meters high, and residential or farm wind turbines are typically 15–40 m (49–131 ft) high. To address these markets, maps are available showing wind potential at 30 m (98 ft) [7] and 50 m (160 ft). [8]