Explosive growth of more than 40% this year--3, 400 megawatts of new generation is expected--could make the U.S. the world's largest wind-power market, a new report shows.

FORBES: Continental Divide

According to a 2009 Energy Information Agency Report on Electricity Generation, wind power provided only 70 billion kWh of the total U.S. 3, 953 kWh supply (1.79% of generated power).

FORBES: Wind Energy's Overblown Prospects

In some part of the country such as Texas, wind energy is now competitive with natural gas-fired power plants, the report said.

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And their report out today really does seem to show that, for the UK at least, wind power is simply too expensive to be worth using.

FORBES: Wind Power's Just Too Expensive To Actually Use