Texas has already exceeded threefold a target it set itself in 1999 for the amount of power to be generated from renewables, almost wholly thanks to wind.

1999年，德州给自己设定了一个使用可再生能源发电的目标电量，如今，成果已经超出目标3倍，这几乎都要感谢风能。

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German industrial conglomerate Siemens, for instance, has seen its share price triple in the past five years, thanks in part to strong sales growth in energy-saving LED lights and wind turbines.

比如说，德国工业巨头西门子的股票在过去5年之中翻了3倍。究其原因，就是因为节能型液晶显示器和风力涡轮带来了强劲的销售增长。

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Thanks to that push, the Energy Information Administration estimated that the industry would set a record for total wind power installations in the U.S., potentially topping 12, 000 megawatts of installed capacity.

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