Wind energy was the leading source for new electric capacity additions in 2015, with 8.56GW of capacity installed. There is about 9.4GW of wind under construction now, in addition to 4.9GW in advanced stages of development, AWEA says.
The US industry has invested a cumulative $128bn thus far.
“Over this time, wind has rapidly scaled-up. There’s now enough wind power installed to reliably produce electricity for over 19 million American homes,” says AWEA chief executive Tom Kiernan.
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