GLOBAL WIND POWER CAPACITY REACHES 100,000 MEGAWATTS

Eco-Economy Indicator -- WIND ENERGY
March 4, 2008


Eco-Economy Indicators are the twelve trends the Earth Policy Institute tracks to measure progress in building an environmentally sustainable economy -- an eco-economy. Wind power capacity is an indicator because wind is poised to become the foundation of the new energy economy.



GLOBAL WIND POWER CAPACITY REACHES 100,000 MEGAWATTS
Jonathan G. Dorn


At its current growth rate, global installed wind power capacity will top 100,000 megawatts in March 2008. In 2007, wind power capacity increased by a record-breaking 20,000 megawatts, bringing the world total to 94,100 megawatts -- enough to satisfy the residential electricity needs of 150 million people. Driven by concerns regarding climate change and energy security, one in every three countries now generates a portion of its electricity from wind, with 13 countries each exceeding 1,000 megawatts of installed wind electricity-generating capacity...


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