“That one factor has stifled the future growth and the forward movement of the industry into 2013,” AWEA chief economist Liz Salerno told members on a conference call Thursday. “We know that as an industry there are not projects currently scheduled for the year. Turbine manufacturers have not received orders for 2013.”

The US installed 6.816GW of wind capacity in 2011, a 30% increase from 5.214GW