climateprogress.org - 1/28/2009
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The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced the remarkable news today:
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes).
Half of that was brought online ...
awea.org - 1/27/2009
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awea.org —
newsroom WIND ENERGY GROWS BY RECORD 8,300 MW
IN 2008 Smart policies, stimulus bill needed to maintain...
momentum in 2009 The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity ...
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Wind Energy Grows By Record 8,300 MW in 2008
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/2/2009
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U.S. wind energy grows by record 8.3 GW, but there's bad news too
Green Home Huddler —
Via Climate Progress The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced the remarkable news today: The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes). Half of that was brought online in the fourth quarter “Our numbers are both exciting and sobering,” said AWEA CEO Denise Bode. “The U.S. wind energy industry’s performance in 2008 confirms that wind is an economic and job creation dynamo, ready to deliver on the President’s call to double ...
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Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... It just goes to show what this country can do with intelligent and (somewhat) consistent government policies -- state-based renewable electricity standards and a federal tax credit (see "U.S. wind energy grows by record 8,300 MW"). ...
Voodoo economics reporting, part 6
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... No, no, and no. Leonhardt would seem to be completely unaware of the fact that in 2008 U.S. wind energy grew by record 8,300 MW. It was responsible for 42 percent of all new U.S. electricity generation installed last year. In fact, two weeks ago, Fortune ...
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