Wind Power Blows a Clean Breeze

Wind power is now the world's fastest growing power source.

Global wind-generating capacity grew by 27 percent in 2002 and is projected to expand 15-fold over the next 20 years. Europe houses nearly 73 percent of global wind capacity, with more than half of this capacity in Germany. In 2002, Denmark, a nation of 5 million people, installed more wind capacity than all of the United States, a nation of more than 290 million.

Source:

Wind Power's Rapid Growth Continues, Vital Signs 2003, pp. 38-39.

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American Wind Energy Association
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