According
to
data
released
by
the
American
Wind
Energy
Association,
Installations
surged
52%
from
1.118GW
in
first
quarter
2011.
The
US
on
31
March
had
48.611GW
of
utility-scale
wind
capacity
installed
across
38
states,
second
to
China,
led
by
Texas
with
10.648GW.
The
PTC
is
worth
$0.022
per
kWh,
inflation-adjusted
for
a
project’s
first
decade
in
operation.
"The
last
five
years
have
been
marked
by
unprecedented
policy
stability,
and
in
response
wind
power
has
delivered,"
says
AWEA
chief
executive
Denise
Bode.
She
adds
that
American
wind
power
contributed
35%
of
all
new
electric…
