A nifty threshold in US wind power generation has been reached.
UPDATE: As a commenter noted, this is for distributed (non-utility) wind power. It also represents capacity, not production.
Originally shared by +CleanTechnica:
The US distributed wind energy market crept over the 1 gigawatt (GW) mark in 2017 according to a US Department of Energy report published late last month, after nearly 100 megawatts (MW) was added last year, bringing the cumulative capacity up to 1,076…
US Distributed Wind Surpasses 1 Gigawatt Mark | CleanTechnica
The US distributed wind energy market crept over the 1 gigawatt (GW) mark in 2017 according to a US Department of Energy report published late last month, after nearly 100 megawatts (MW) was added last year, bringing the cumulative capacity up to 1,076 MW.
"distributed" wind is defined as residential and community turbines, not the big utility installations.
Ah. That's even better. And I thought the overall number sounded low. Thanks, +Alan Peery.
Yeah, the other thing that bugs me is that these are rated in Gw, rather than the expected GwH that is expected to be generated over a typical year. For utility style installations on towers the wind is somewhat reliable — for these lower systems the amount of power expected will be lower. It will also differ based on how good the site is for wind…
Right. It's labeled as capacity, not actual production. If not placed or operated well, the actual production will be much lower.
The graphs looks like the Brazilian flag lol