| In 2005, the wind energy industry of the | | | | the vast energy of the wind.This phenomenal |
| United States exceeded all earlier annual | | | | growth in construction of wind energy |
| records for installed capacity. Last year the | | | | facilitators comes as customers face gas and |
| wind energy industry installed almost 2500 | | | | electric hikes of great proportion due to |
| megawatts of new equipment to generate wind | | | | increasing gas prices brought on primarily by |
| power worth more than $3 billion. According | | | | Hurricane Katrina and other natural |
| to the American Wind Energy Association, | | | | disasters. |
| these were installed in 22 different states. | | | | |
| In 2006, expected wind energy installations | | | | Fuel prices went as high as $15 per thousand |
| are predicted to top 3000 megawatts.The final | | | | cubic foot as compared with last year's $5-$7 |
| 2431 megawatt wind energy total exceeded 2004 | | | | averages.Wind power, and its ability to |
| by more than 35 percent, which gave the U.S. | | | | generate energy without the use of fossil |
| a wind energy capacity of 9149 megawatts | | | | fuel, is now being realized as a hedge |
| total. Now commercial wind turbine commercial | | | | against these rising fuel energy costs. Wind |
| equipment products have been installed in 30 | | | | energy production is not affected by fuel |
| states.The wind energy installations that the | | | | costs and thus very attractive right |
| U.S. now has will be able to deliver | | | | now.Interesting nuclear energy reports |
| electricity equal to the needs of 2.3 million | | | | include the fact that California leads the |
| U.S. households. The second advantage of this | | | | U.S. pack with the highest number of wind |
| wind energy is that it displaces carbon | | | | energy facilities, although Texas isn't far |
| dioxide emissions totaling 15 million tons | | | | behind and Iowa a close third. Minnesota and |
| each year. These carbon dioxide emissions are | | | | Oklahoma come in fourth and fifth.The firms |
| the top cause of greenhouse gas.The U.S. | | | | responsible for the greatest manufacture of |
| congress made these record shattering numbers | | | | the wind energy turbines are General |
| possible with its extension of the credit for | | | | Electric, which makes 60 percent of the |
| wind energy production. The American Wind | | | | turbines; Vestas which produces 30 percent |
| Energy Association announced its pleasure | | | | and Mitsubishi that supplies about 8 percent |
| with the extension, stating that now | | | | of the wind energy turbines that the U.S. |
| companies could hope to grow, to create new | | | | uses. The fourth and fifth wind energy |
| jobs and to provide an abundance of clean | | | | suppliers, respectively, are Suzion and |
| wind energy driven power to customers | | | | Gamesa. Learn everything you need to know |
| throughout the U.S. It seems as though the | | | | about Energy, from conserving it to energy |
| United States is finally starting to tap into | | | | drinks. |