Growth of wind power in the United States

Wind power has been growing in the United States since the 1970s.]

Installed wind power capacity

History

The growth of wind power in the United States has been enhanced by a production tax credit (PTC), which pays 2.3¢/kWh for the first 10 years. Development has been off and on again due to the expiration and late renewal of the PTC.[1] It expired at the end of 2013,[2][3] only to be restored in December 2014.[4] In 2015 it was renewed but is phased out over a five-year period.[5] One of the goals set by the Department of Energy is to increase the number of states which have over 1,000 MW of wind power to 15 by 2018. By the end of 2015 there were 17. Another goal was to increase the number of states with at least 100 MW to 30 by 2010. As of 2011, there are 29.[6] The 2015 vision for wind calls for 10% generation by wind by 2020 (113 GW), 30% by 2030 (224 GW), and 35% by 2050 (404 GW). It calls for 40 states to each have at least 1 GW, and wind power in all 50 states. Larger wind turbines has expanded the commercial viability of wind to all 50 states.[7] Analysts expect 25 GW more between 2016-18.[8] Wind power became the biggest source of renewable electricity in USA in 2019.[9]

Wind power by year

Cumulative Installed Wind Power (MW)
State2015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000
Alabama0000000000000000
Alaska626262591099422111111
Arizona26823823823813812863000000000
Arkansas0000000000000000
California6,1085,9175,8305,5493,9273,2532,7982,5372,4392,3762,1492,0952,0251,8231,6831,616
Colorado2,9922,5932,3322,3011,8001,2991,2441,0681,067291231231223616122
Connecticut5000000000000000
Delaware2222220000000000
Florida0000000000000000
Georgia0000000000000000
Hawaii203206206206936363636342999922
Idaho9739739739736183531477675757500000
Illinois3,8423,5683,5683,5682,7432,0451,547915699107107510000
Indiana1,8951,7441,5441,5431,3401,3391,03613100000000
Iowa6,2125,6885,1785,1374,3223,6753,6042,7911,273932836634472423324242
Kansas3,7662,9672,9672,7121,2741,0741,0219213643642641141141141142
Kentucky0000000000000000
Louisiana000000000000000
Maine61344043143139726617547429000000
Maryland190160120120120700000000000
Massachusetts107107106100461815654000000
Michigan1,5311,5251,16398837716413814433322221
Minnesota3,2353,0352,9872,9862,7332,2051,8101,7531,300896745600558338320291
Mississippi0000000000000000
Missouri459459459459459457309163620000000
Montana66566564564538638637527115314613711000
Nebraska89081253445933721315311772737314141433
Nevada152152152152000000000000
New Hampshire1851711711712625252511000000
New Jersey9999888888800000
New Mexico1,080812778778750700597497496496406266206111
New York1,7491,7481,7221,6381,4031,2741,2748324253701864848484818
North Carolina0000000000000000
North Dakota2,1431,8861,6811,6791,4451,4241,20371434517898665000
Ohio443435428426112107777774000
Oklahoma5,1843,7823,1343,1342,0071,4821,031708689535475176176000
Oregon3,1533,1533,1533,1532,5132,1041,7581,06788543833826325921815725
Pennsylvania1,3401,3401,3401,340789748748361294179129129129353511
Rhode Island9999222111000000
South Carolina0000000000000000
South Dakota9778037837847857093131879844444444330
Tennessee2929292929292929292929292222
Texas17,71314,09812,35512,21210,37710,0899,4037,1134,3532,7361,9921,2901,2901,0961,096184
Utah3273253253253252232232011100000
Vermont1191191191194666666666666
Virginia0000000000000000
Washington3,0753,0752,8082,8082,5732,1041,8491,3751,1638183902412442281800
West Virginia583583583583564431330330146666666666600
Wisconsin6486486486496314694494495353535353535323
Wyoming1,4101,4101,4101,4101,4121,4121,09967628828828828528514114191
U.S. Total74,34765,75461,10860,00746,91940,26734,86325,41016,90711,5759,1476,7236,3504,6874,2322,539

Source:[10]

Generation

Annual Wind Power Generation (GWh)
State2015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000
Alaska158.2153.6145.337.3912.4512.617.0270.0681.0120.7880.5890.9500
Arizona445.5472.5449.8531.6255.6134.929.54000000000
California12,22813,77612,8229,7547,7526,0795,8405,3855,5854,8834,2624,3063,8953,8033,5003,518
Colorado7,4417,3517,2045,9695,2003,4523,1643,2211,292865.5776.2220.1147.1139.048.640
Connecticut0000000000000000
Delaware4.9234.7054.4583.6384.8252.5560000000000
Hawaii601.3585.3503.3378.2340.8261.1251.4240.0238.279.6746.6327.4951.5721.6142.12217.003
Idaho2,4572,7782,4601,8911,307440.7313.4207.5172.3169.6000000
Illinois10,73310,0779,6257,7276,2134,4542,8202,337664.4254.6141.1578.07318.024000
Indiana4,5163,4953,4813,2103,2852,9341,403238.400000000
Iowa17,87816,29515,56814,03210,7099,1707,4214,0842,7572,3181,6471,050982.0918.8487.9493.8
Kansas10,92710,8449,4335,1953,7203,4052,8631,7591,153991.9425.8358.6365.9466.739.83
Maine1,2731,0951,048886.9706.6499.2298.6131.699.070000000
Maryland433.5323.5321.7321.7270.71.4940000000000
Massachusetts220.1224.0204.989.6761.3822.075.9563.67200000000
Michigan4,7783,8752,8001,132456.5360.3300.2141.22.7232.2121.8481.8752.6600.3290.2800
Minnesota9,7979,0608,2597,6156,7264,7925,0534,3552,6392,0551,582812.4977.8905.8897.0724.5
Missouri1,0341,1311,1671,2451,178925.5499.4203.300000000
Montana1,9621,9661,7551,2621,265930.2820.9593.1495.8436.0000000
Nebraska3,1542,7361,8021,2841,051421.6382.6214.2216.8261.296.6138.4338.228.0782.6300
Nevada309.7300.1250.5128.8000000000000
New Hampshire419.2416.8389.2208.766.0975.6962.4810.3200000000
New Jersey22.1411.9010.8811.5710.5212.6520.9220.8920.4115.99000000
New Mexico2,0672,2632,1932,2262,1041,8321,5471,6431,3931,255794.6513.5182.7000
New York3,9563,9713,5392,6802,8282,5962,2661,251833.5655.4103.0116.441.2081.6320.5410.34
North Carolina0000000000000000
North Dakota6,5306,3495,5195,2755,2364,0962,9981,693620.8369.5220.3214.558.88000
Ohio1,2061,1521,146985.5198.412.5814.1115.0814.7514.4013.2700000
Oklahoma14,01811,86211,1628,1585,6053,8082,6982,3581,8491,712847.8572.754.47000
Oregon6,6757,5807,4566,3434,7753,9203,4702,5751,247931.2734.3619.0443.6376.1688.5966.70
Pennsylvania3,3523,5843,3522,1291,7941,8541,075729.4470.0361.1284.2306.3111.557.7711.189.813
Rhode Island14.777.0252.5901.3802.9123.1240000000000
South Dakota2,4812,9162,6882,9152,6681,372421.0145.1150.0149.0158.1157.744.256.0430.8710
Tennessee45.8451.1446.7447.4953.1440.5751.7550.1249.9454.603.3393.8133.9334.06800
Texas44,95939,37135,87432,21430,54826,25120,02616,2259,0066,6714,2373,1382,5702,6561,188492.1
Utah621.4664.8539.8703.9572.8447.7159.523.9000000000
Vermont322.7305.6236.0106.933.1813.8911.5910.2410.5110.6911.4911.3610.8310.3712.1312.25
Washington7,1017,2647,0046,6006,2624,7453,5723,6572,4381,038498.5736.6603.7416.600
West Virginia1,3761,4511,3871,2861,103939.2742.4391.9167.6173.8153.9161.2169.89.02300
Wisconsin1,6411,6091,5581,5581,1881,0881,052487.1109.3101.492.54103.697.5846.1872.2842.728
Wyoming3,7684,4204,4334,3694,6123,2472,226962.5754.9759.1717.3616.5366.5447.3365.2245.9
U.S. Total190,927181,791167,840140,822120,17794,65273,88655,36334,45026,58917,81114,14411,18710,3546,7375,593

Source:[11]

The United States uses approximately 4 million GWh/year.

See also

References

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