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Wind Energy Climbs to First Place among American Renewables
Official Press Release AWEA:
Near-record growth propels wind power into first place as America’s largest renewable resource
Texas first in the nation in wind capacity, wind jobs
American wind power just achieved its second strongest quarter ever for newly installed energy generating capacity according to a new report released today by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Wind surpassed hydropower dams to become the largest source of renewable electric capacity in the U.S., and the fourth largest overall. Business leaders from General Motors and the U.S. wind energy industry met Thursday morning to mark this historic milestone and release AWEA’s Fourth Quarter 2016 U.S. Wind Industry Market Report at General Motor’s Arlington Assembly Plant, which will soon be 100 percent wind-powered. “American... ... More: Official Press Release AWEA
