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In reply to the discussion: The *official* complain about XemaSab thread [View all]OKIsItJustMe
(21,016 posts)26. U.S. wind generation increased 27% in 2011
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=5350
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[font size=5]U.S. wind generation increased 27% in 2011[/font]
[font size=3]Generation from wind turbines in the United States increased 27% in 2011 compared to 2010, continuing a trend of rapid growth. During the past five years capacity additions of wind turbines were the main driver of the growth in wind power output. As the amount of wind generation increases, electric power system operators have faced challenges with integrating increasing amounts of this intermittent generation source into their systems.
Federal production tax credits and grants for electricity from certain renewable sources as well as State-level renewable portfolio standards have encouraged both capacity additions and increased generation from wind and other renewable sources.
Although increasing, electricity from wind contributed to less than 3% of total generation in 2011. Wind energy is the largest source of non-hydroelectric renewable electricity in the United States, contributing 61% of the nearly 200 terawatthours of non-hydroelectric renewable generation in 2011. EIA recently released preliminary data through December 2011 on generation, fuel consumption, and other statistics for the electric power industry in the Electric Power Monthly and Electricity Monthly Update.[/font][/font]
[font size=5]U.S. wind generation increased 27% in 2011[/font]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly.
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[font size=3]Generation from wind turbines in the United States increased 27% in 2011 compared to 2010, continuing a trend of rapid growth. During the past five years capacity additions of wind turbines were the main driver of the growth in wind power output. As the amount of wind generation increases, electric power system operators have faced challenges with integrating increasing amounts of this intermittent generation source into their systems.
Federal production tax credits and grants for electricity from certain renewable sources as well as State-level renewable portfolio standards have encouraged both capacity additions and increased generation from wind and other renewable sources.
Although increasing, electricity from wind contributed to less than 3% of total generation in 2011. Wind energy is the largest source of non-hydroelectric renewable electricity in the United States, contributing 61% of the nearly 200 terawatthours of non-hydroelectric renewable generation in 2011. EIA recently released preliminary data through December 2011 on generation, fuel consumption, and other statistics for the electric power industry in the Electric Power Monthly and Electricity Monthly Update.[/font][/font]
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If SpaceX can get grasshopper working with Falcon 9H then SBSP becomes somewhat viable.
joshcryer
May 2012
#46
The industry is expecting 8-10GW/yr of new capacity for the next several years. nt
kristopher
May 2012
#30
It provides a starting point where EIA projections have a defacto lack of validity.
kristopher
May 2012
#36
We're talking about whether or not renewable production is putting a dent in CO2 production.
joshcryer
May 2012
#45
It is a very bad thing that AGW is being white washed by people saying we're doing enough.
joshcryer
May 2012
#48
Most people agree with "renewable energy sources can contribute substantially to human well-being".
Nihil
May 2012
#16
"Generation IV nuclear-energy technologies that may become operational after about 2030…"
OKIsItJustMe
May 2012
#50
I did not say "it could not be done at all." I said it won't solve the problem.
joshcryer
May 2012
#58
I do hate gratuitous 3-D, particularly when useful information is lost to it
OKIsItJustMe
May 2012
#20
There are so many things wrong in what you wrote, I don't know where to start. nt
bananas
May 2012
#13