List of wind farms

List of wind farms

This is a List of large wind farms, with an installed generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) or more, which are currently operating, under construction, or proposed.

As of April 2008, worldwide wind farm capacity was 100,000 megawatts (MW), [ [http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5448?utm_campaign=vital_signs_online&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wind Wind Power Continues Rapid Rise] ] and wind power produced some 1.3% of global electricity consumption, [World Wind Energy Association (2008). [http://www.wwindea.org/home/images/stories/pr_statistics2007_210208_red.pdf Wind turbines generate more than 1 % of the global electricity] ] accounting for approximately 19% of electricity use in Denmark, 9% in Spain and Portugal, and 6% in Germany and the Republic of Ireland. [ [http://www.pr-inside.com/new-report-a-complete-analysis-of-r533066.htm New Report a Complete Analysis of the Global Offshore Wind Energy Industry and its Major Players] ] United States is an important growth area and latest American Wind Energy Association figures show that installed U.S. wind power capacity has reached 16,800 MW, which is enough to serve 4.5 million average households. [ [http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/AWEA_Market_Release_Q4_011708.html Installed U.S. Wind Power Capacity Surged 45% in 2007] ] However, it may be difficult to site wind farms in some areas for aesthetic or environmental reasons, and seasonal variability introduces a challenge in integration of wind power into electricity grids, requiring balancing with other technologies such as hydropower.International Energy Agency (2007). [http://www.iea.org/textbase/papers/2006/renewable_factsheet.pdf "Renewables in global energy supply: An IEA facts sheet"] , OECD, 34 pages.]

Operating or under construction

Proposed wind farms

ee also

*List of renewable energy topics by country
*List of solar thermal power stations
*List of the largest hydoelectric power stations
*List of wind farms in Australia
*List of wind farms in Canada
*List of wind farms in Sweden
*List of wind farms in the United States
*List of wind turbine manufacturers
*Photovoltaic power stations
*Pickens Plan
*Renewable energy industry
*Wind farm
*Wind power in Germany
*Wind power in Denmark
*Wind power in South Australia
*Wind power in Texas

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