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US Wind Industry crosses 10,000 MW Milestone
Wind energy is amongst the most effective renewable energy technologies to meet the rising global energy demand as well as environmental challenges.
/Power and Energy PR News/ - NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 01, 2006 - With more than 10,000 megawatts of wind energy installations for power generation in the U.S., enough electricity is produced per day to light up more than 2.5 Million homes in the country. One megawatt of wind energy produces enough to light up approximately 300 homes on average, announced AWEA on August 14, 2006.
New power supplies, which work for the economy, energy security, and environment of the country, are provided by wind energy. With its present performance, wind energy is fast emerging as a critical component of the country’s power portfolio, said Randall Swisher, Executive Director of AWEA.
The Remarkable increase in wind energy is mainly driven by the concerns over the volatility of fuel price and its supply, and demand for the popular source of energy. The opportune renewal of PTC (Production Tax Credit) made it possible further, a federal incentive pulled out in the Energy Policy Act signed last year (2005) by President Bush.
Earlier, credit was allowed to perish thrice in 7 years and it was this ambiguity, which discouraged investment in wind turbine manufacturing in U.S. AWEA is now demanding a continuing extension of PTC prior to it's scheduled termination at the year-end 2007, so that further “on again off again” cycles can be avoided and long-term investment encouraged in the country.
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§ Ongoing trends in global wind energy markets.
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