US wind energy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:16:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/2012-wind-energy-united-states-20130201/feed/ 1 32540 BP And Sempra to Build $1 Billion US Wind Energy Project https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bp-mehoopany-wind-farm-20120112/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bp-mehoopany-wind-farm-20120112/#respond Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:24:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21923 The oil giant BP first came into the spotlight a few weeks ago for closing down its solar division, showing that maybe advancements in clean energy are driven by profit after all. Still, maybe to contradict or confirm these doubts, BP is coming back stronger than ever with a massive project of 2 wind farms […]

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