China’s scaling down coal and steel production capacity while U.S. wind power capacity reached 75 MW in 2015, adding momentum to the global drive to curtail GHG emissions.
More wind power capacity is under construction today than at any time in industry history, the AWEA highlights in its Q1 2014 market report, but the outlook is being dimmed by ongoing uncertainty over US energy policy. Upon completion, they’ll generate enough clean, renewable electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 4 million average U.S. homes.
Marking historic milestones in US renewable energy development, Interior Secretary Salazar announced the completion of environmental assessments for what could be the largest wind farm in the US, as well as promising Wind Energy Areas off the Atlantic coast.
