DOE’s
statistical
arm,
Energy
Information
Administration
(EIA),
records
a
turbine
as
installed
once
it
begins
operation,
not
when
construction
is
completed.
Its
tally
does
not
include
turbines
with
a
rating
below
one
megawatt.
EIA
says
its
data
shows
that
the
US
added
12.62GW
of
wind
capacity
in
2012.
The
four
leading
states
for
new
installations
last
year
were
California,
1.79GW;
Texas,
1.5GW;
Kansas,
1.45GW,
and
Oklahoma,
1.38GW.
Wind
accounted
for
the
largest
share
of
new
electric
generation
capacity
in
2012,
as
it
did
in
2009
and
2008,
according
to
EIA.
Natural
gas,
which…
