U.S. wind power has just achieved a major milestone: 100 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity. American innovation, a pioneering spirit, and the hard work of the country’s 114,000 wind workers made this progress possible. Let’s take a moment to reflect on how we got here, and what this has meant for the country.

Additional key findings of the US wind industry third quarter 2019 report include: Strongest third quarter for wind installations on record with 1,927 MW newly online / Near-term wind advanced development pipeline reaches record 46.5 GW / Nearly 6,000 MW of offshore wind projects in advanced development

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued the following statement applauding the introduction of the bipartisan Wind Energy Research and Development Act by Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine)

AWEA statement on Vineyard Wind delay

Dept. of Interior decision to delay Vineyard offshore wind project undermines US energy dominance agenda and the potential $70 billion US offshore wind supply chain

Key findings of the US wind industry second quarter 2019 report: Record wind capacity under construction or advanced development, reaching nearly 42 GW / Long-term contract volume for wind capacity is up 10 percent over the first half of 2018, buyers include Hormel Foods, Walmart, and Target / Three states set new offshore wind targets and N.J. greenlighted the largest offshore project in the country to date / A growing number of wind farms are selecting turbines nearly twice as powerful as the recent fleet average

Gov. Cuomo announces largest procurement of offshore wind power in US history

New York selects two projects totaling nearly 1,700 MW in state’s first call for offshore wind project proposals

Wind power costs have plummeted. How can they fall even further?

New technology gets cheaper over time. We’ve seen it with TVs, laptops and even cell phones.

AWEA: Offshore wind tax credit extension will jumpstart US industry

Two bills introduced in the Senate would extend the offshore wind Investment Tax Credit, drive infrastructure investment, and create American jobs

AWEA statement on the Renewable Energy Transferability Act

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued the following statement reacting to Renewable Energy Transferability Act.

AWEA: US Wind Development Pipeline Grew by 6,146 MW in Q1

New AWEA report reveals more US wind power capacity under construction and advanced development than ever before

New York Announces Critical Grid Modernization Projects

Beside New York’s offshore wind commitments, the state has announced a pair of critically important initiatives this month: grid modernization and transmission expansion.

TransWest Express Transmission Project passes another major development hurdle

Upgraded and expanded transmission infrastructure is essential to unlock homegrown renewable energy and further strengthen grid resilience

US wind power grew 8 percent in 2018 amid record demand

Annual market report shows a healthy wind industry delivered record US jobs, $1 billion in rural community and state payments last year

Wind Industry Leaders Announce 7 Priority Research Projects Funded through the Wind Wildlife Research Fund

New wind industry-led initiative raised $828,000 to support and implement seven priority research projects in 2019.

Fact Check: President Trump’s Wind Energy Comments Wrong - Again

Fake News from the President!

New Mexico Sets Ambitious Climate Protection Goal

The Energy Transition Act will dramatically increase New Mexico’s use of low-cost renewable energy while creating new jobs and diversifying the state’s economy

More than ever, companies are looking to power their businesses using wind energy. Across the world, companies more than doubled the renewable energy contracts they signed between 2017 and 2018. And here in the U.S., 2018 was a record year for non-utility wind power deals. Altogether, non-utility buyers in the U.S. have contracted for more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to date, more than the entire installed capacity of Iowa, the country’s number two wind state.

Consumer demand drives record year for wind energy purchases

US wind power industry reports third strongest quarter ever for new capacity installations

AWEA releases model legislation to guide consumer-friendly electrification

Americans want renewable energy sources to power more of their lives, “A Shared Future” report shows states the pathway to meeting consumer demand

AWEA Reacts to New York's Offshore Wind Announcement

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued a statement reacting to Gov. Cuomo’s announcement to more than triple the state of New York’s offshore wind development target.

New report: Renewables saved Texans $5.7 billion

Like everything in Texas, wind power is super-sized in the Lone Star State.

Seven states to double their wind power in near term as Q3 development picks up

Most powerful land-based turbines to date emerge as U.S. wind power continues strong growth

The race for offshore wind leadership is heating up, and around the country a flurry of recent announcements from states and offshore developers are shaping the future of the industry.

Two researchers, David Keith and Lee Miller, have released a new paper recently and their findings are problematic for several reasons. Furthermore, certain media outlets are misreporting what the paper actually says. The fact is wind power remains one of the most effective and affordable ways to reduce carbon pollution.

US distributed wind market surpassed the 1 GW milestone with 81,000 turbines generating power across 50 states, according to the 2017 Distributed Wind Market Report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Sen. Grassley receives “U.S. Wind Champion Award”

The Senator’s role in securing over 8,000 wind energy jobs in Iowa and forging U.S. leadership in wind power recognized during American Wind Week

A record amount of wind energy capacity is now under construction at wind farms across America, according to second quarter results released today by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has hired Jennifer Jenkins to lead efforts expanding the U.S. market for distributed wind power. Jenkins is the former founding Executive Director of the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) and comes to AWEA with over ten years’ experience in the industry.

Clean Jobs America reported that nearly 3.2 million Americans work in clean energy—in energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean vehicles, and other smaller sectors like energy storage and grid modernization.

By now it should come as no surprise that American wind power spurs important economic growth in all 50 states, especially in the rural interior of the country.