The US wind market is expected to rally strongly this year and next, after last year’s terrible performance when just 1.1GW of new capacity was installed across the country.

Projections for new capacity additions in 2014 range from 4.4GW-6.4GW, depending on the analyst making the call, and between 6GW-9.1GW for 2015.

Yet even the most optimistic prognosticators agree there is little chance of the US coming close to the record 13.2GW