American Wind Energy Association Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:29:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 28% More Wind Turbines Installed In 2012, Compared to 2011 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:29:42 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36338 The wind power industry in the US is growing in leaps and bounds with the country particularly keen on tapping its offshore potential. This is evident with the industry’s strongest year to date being 2012 which saw the number of wind turbines increase by 6,700 or 28% over the previous year, according to a report […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-turbines-installed-20130416/feed/ 0 36338 2012 Seen as Milestone for Wind Energy in the US https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-energy-united-states-20130201/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-energy-united-states-20130201/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:16:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32540 The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) confirmed 2012 as a record-breaking year for wind power in the US with a total of over 13 GW capacity (up from about 10 GW from 2011) installed throughout the country during the year. Also worthy of note is the fact that over 8 GW of the 13 GW […]

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