That's more wind capacity added in the U.S. in two years than exists worldwide.
With a little more wind, the Chinese might have rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
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And Texas is a state with more wind energy production capacity than any other.
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More wind capacity was installed than natural gas capacity last year in the U.S. Wind outpaced coal by 2X.
And as more wind and solar projects are built, production costs keep falling.
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With more than 1, 000 turbines, Iowa produces more wind energy than all but two other states, California and Texas.
"Developers obviously go for the places where there is more wind and they can generate more electricity, " he said.
Local utilities here say that, at times, they are already producing more wind power than the electrical grid can handle.
GE, meanwhile, has installed more wind turbines worldwide than any other company.
"I thought it was tricky out there today, there was a bit more wind than there has been on the other days, " said Westwood.
She said 2010 had also been a "tremendous year" for the renewable power sector, with more wind power developments in the planning and construction pipeline.
China has more wind power capacity than another nation on earth.
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Mr Thompson said being able to build up to 12 nm offshore made it "more acceptable" from a visual point of view and made more wind power available.
As the first of its kind, the company said the Delabole local tariff was its "blueprint" and would be replicated across the country as it developed more wind farms.
Associate Director Simon Power insisted that if the UK Government want to increase their targets, the flexibility of TAN 8 is essential if more wind farms are to be developed across Wales.
From a simple engineering perspective, the more wind turbines are placed around the globe, the more energy can be extracted, with no particular effect on the overall energy of the atmospheric flow.
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Lib Dem Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey is supportive of further expansion as part of a diverse energy mix but junior Conservative minister John Hayes has suggested no more wind turbines should be built in England after those currently in the pipeline were finished.
And that's why we've got to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes investing in more biofuels and more fuel-efficient vehicles, and more solar power and more wind power, and more people going back to work building cars and homes and businesses that are more energy efficient than the ones that we've got right now.
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Rival wind-power fund PowerShares Global Wind Energy Portfolio focuses more on wind-farm operators.
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North Carolina boasts more offshore wind power potential than any other state on the East Coast, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
His comments came because of concerns over a report by the independent Committee on Climate Change which suggested ministers should slow down plans to build more offshore wind farms.
As other manufacturing industries have faded in recent years, the Midwest has embraced wind: Ohio has more than 50 wind-related manufacturing plants, followed by Michigan (31), Illinois (28), Wisconsin (22), Pennsylvania (15) and Indiana (14).
The slow, simple and elegant melodies are performed on distinctive instruments such as a bamboo flute called the dongxiao and a crooked-neck lute played horizontally called the pipa, as well as more common wind, string and percussion instruments.
Although the cost of the energy produced this way will be higher, prices should decrease as wind farms become more established, National Wind Power promises.
The EIA estimates onshore wind power will be 80% more expensive than conventional natural gas power, offshore wind power will be 142% more expensive than natural gas, solar thermal power will be 208% more expensive than natural gas, and solar photovoltaic will be 377% more expensive than natural gas.
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The thing is that the more solar panels and wind-turbines that are installed, the more the bill rises.
That way more customers get free wine and often wind up ordering more wine.
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Resignations are more common when litigation is in the wind and dismissals more frequently result from disagreements about issues such as internal control weaknesses and the reliability of financial reporting.
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