America’s
wind
sector
added
a
record
13.12GW
last
year,
more
than
8GW
of
it
in
the
final
quarter,
according
to
the
Global
Wind
Energy
Council’s
(GWEC’s)
statistics
for
2012.
The
US
surge
–
prompted
by
fears
that
the
federal
Production
Tax
Credit
(PTC)
was
about
to
expire
–
left
it
neck-and-neck
with
China,
which
added
13.2GW.
GWEC
says
while
the
US
rushed,
China
“paused
for
breath”
in
2012
after
previous
years
of
rapid
growth
of
its
own.
The
US
and
China
ended
2012
with
total
installed
wind
capacities
of
60GW
and
75.6GW
of
wind…
