Growth of wind power in the United States

Installed wind power capacity

The growth of wind power in the United States has been enhanced by a production tax credit (PTC), which pays 2.2¢/kWh for the first 10 years. Development has been off and on again due to the expiration and late renewal of the PTC. It expired at the end of 2013.^[1]^[2] One of the goals set by the Department of Energy is to increase the number of states which have over 1,000 MW of wind power to 15 by 2018. By the end of 2011 there were 14. Another goal was to increase the number of states with at least 100 MW to 30 by 2010. As of 2011, there are 29.^[3] The only two states with no commercial potential for development of wind power are Florida and Mississippi.^[4]^[5]^[6] Louisiana has no onshore potential but has extensive offshore potential.^[7]

Wind power by year

Projected and actual growth of wind power

US DOE growth projection for wind and solar (4.6% from wind and solar by 2035).

Projected growth of United States electricity generation (100% from wind and solar by 2020 or 2025).

United States wind and solar historical capacity and generation.

Wind and solar generation and capacity from 1983 to 2011.

Cumulative Installed Wind Power (MW)
State	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Alabama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alaska	62	62	62	59	10	9	9	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Arizona	268	238	238	238	138	128	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
California	6,108	5,917	5,830	5,549	3,927	3,253	2,798	2,537	2,439	2,376	2,149	2,095	2,025	1,823	1,683	1,616
Colorado	2,992	2,593	2,332	2,301	1,800	1,299	1,244	1,068	1,067	291	231	231	223	61	61	22
Connecticut	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delaware	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawaii	203	206	206	206	93	63	63	63	63	42	9	9	9	9	2	2
Idaho	973	973	973	973	618	353	147	76	75	75	75	0	0	0	0	0
Illinois	3,842	3,568	3,568	3,568	2,743	2,045	1,547	915	699	107	107	51	0	0	0	0
Indiana	1,895	1,744	1,544	1,543	1,340	1,339	1,036	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa	6,212	5,688	5,178	5,137	4,322	3,675	3,604	2,791	1,273	932	836	634	472	423	324	242
Kansas	3,766	2,967	2,967	2,712	1,274	1,074	1,021	921	364	364	264	114	114	114	114	2
Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maine	613	440	431	431	397	266	175	47	42	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maryland	190	160	120	120	120	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	107	107	106	100	46	18	15	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	1,531	1,525	1,163	988	377	164	138	144	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1
Minnesota	3,235	3,035	2,987	2,986	2,733	2,205	1,810	1,753	1,300	896	745	600	558	338	320	291
Mississippi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Missouri	459	459	459	459	459	457	309	163	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montana	665	665	645	645	386	386	375	271	153	146	137	1	1	0	0	0
Nebraska	890	812	534	459	337	213	153	117	72	73	73	14	14	14	3	3
Nevada	152	152	152	152	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Hampshire	185	171	171	171	26	25	25	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Jersey	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
New Mexico	1,080	812	778	778	750	700	597	497	496	496	406	266	206	1	1	1
New York	1,749	1,748	1,722	1,638	1,403	1,274	1,274	832	425	370	186	48	48	48	48	18
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	2,143	1,886	1,681	1,679	1,445	1,424	1,203	714	345	178	98	66	5	0	0	0
Ohio	443	435	428	426	112	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	0	0	0
Oklahoma	5,184	3,782	3,134	3,134	2,007	1,482	1,031	708	689	535	475	176	176	0	0	0
Oregon	3,153	3,153	3,153	3,153	2,513	2,104	1,758	1,067	885	438	338	263	259	218	157	25
Pennsylvania	1,340	1,340	1,340	1,340	789	748	748	361	294	179	129	129	129	35	35	11
Rhode Island	9	9	9	9	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Dakota	977	803	783	784	785	709	313	187	98	44	44	44	44	3	3	0
Tennessee	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	2	2	2	2
Texas	17,713	14,098	12,355	12,212	10,377	10,089	9,403	7,113	4,353	2,736	1,992	1,290	1,290	1,096	1,096	184
Utah	327	325	325	325	325	223	223	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	119	119	119	119	46	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Virginia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	3,075	3,075	2,808	2,808	2,573	2,104	1,849	1,375	1,163	818	390	241	244	228	180	0
West Virginia	583	583	583	583	564	431	330	330	146	66	66	66	66	66	0	0
Wisconsin	648	648	648	649	631	469	449	449	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	23
Wyoming	1,410	1,410	1,410	1,410	1,412	1,412	1,099	676	288	288	288	285	285	141	141	91
U.S. Total	74,353	65,754	61,108	60,007	46,919	40,267	34,863	25,410	16,907	11,575	9,147	6,723	6,350	4,687	4,232	2,539

Source:^[8]

Generation

Annual Wind Power Generation (GWh)
State	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Alaska	12.607	7.027	0.068	1.012	0.788	0.589				0.950	0
Arizona	134.916	29.545	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
California	6,079	5,840	5,385	5,585	4,883	4,262	4,306	3,895	3,803	3,500	3,518
Colorado	3,452	3,164	3,221	1,292	865.5	776.2	220.1	147.1	139.0	48.64	0
Connecticut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delaware	2.556	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawaii	261.1	251.4	240.0	238.2	79.674	6.632	7.495	1.572	1.614	2.122	17.003
Idaho	440.7	313.4	207.5	172.3	169.6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Illinois	4,454	2,820	2,337	664.4	254.6	141.15	78.073	18.024	0	0	0
Indiana	2,934	1,403	238.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa	9,170	7,421	4,084	2,757	2,318	1,647	1,050	982.0	918.8	487.9	493.8
Kansas	3,405	2,863	1,759	1,153	991.9	425.8	358.6	365.9	466.7	39.83
Kentucky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maine	499.2	298.6	131.6	99.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maryland	1.494	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	22.07	5.956	3.672	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	360.3	300.2	141.2	2.723	2.212	1.848	1.875	2.660	0.329	0.280	0
Minnesota	4,792	5,053	4,355	2,639	2,055	1,582	812.4	977.8	905.8	897.0	724.5
Missouri	925.5	499.4	203.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Montana	930.2	820.9	593.1	495.8	436.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	421.6	382.6	214.2	216.8	261.2	96.61	38.43	38.22	8.078	2.630	0
Nevada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Hampshire	75.69	62.48	10.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Jersey	12.65	20.92	20.89	20.41	15.99	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Mexico	1,832	1,547	1,643	1,393	1,255	794.6	513.5	182.7	0	0	0
New York	2,596	2,266	1,251	833.5	655.4	103.0	116.4	41.20	81.63	20.54	10.34
North Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	4,096	2,998	1,693	620.8	369.5	220.3	214.5	58.88	0	0	0
Ohio	12.58	14.11	15.08	14.75	14.40	13.27	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	3,808	2,698	2,358	1,849	1,712	847.8	572.7	54.47	0	0	0
Oregon	3,920	3,470	2,575	1,247	931.2	734.3	619.0	443.6	376.16	88.59	66.70
Pennsylvania	1,854	1,075	729.4	470.0	361.1	284.2	306.3	111.5	57.77	11.18	9.813
Rhode Island	3.124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Carolina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Dakota	1,372	421.0	145.1	150.0	149.0	158.1	157.7	44.25	6.043	0.871	0
Tennessee	40.57	51.75	50.12	49.94	54.60	3.339	3.813	3.933	4.068	0	0
Texas	26,251	20,026	16,225	9,006	6,671	4,237	3,138	2,570	2,656	1,188	492.1
Utah	447.7	159.5	23.90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	13.89	11.59	10.24	10.51	10.69	11.49	11.36	10.83	10.37	12.13	12.25
Virginia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	4,745	3,572	3,657	2,438	1,038	498.5	736.6	603.7	416.6	0	0
West Virginia	939.2	742.4	391.9	167.6	173.8	153.9	161.2	169.8	9.023	0	0
Wisconsin	1,088	1,052	487.1	109.3	101.4	92.54	103.6	97.58	46.18	72.284	2.728
Wyoming	3,247	2,226	962.5	754.9	759.1	717.3	616.5	366.5	447.3	365.2	245.9
U.S. Total	94,652	73,886	55,363	34,450	26,589	17,811	14,144	11,187	10,354	6,737	5,593

Source:^[9]

The United States uses approximately 4 million GWh/year.

References

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↑ United States
↑ Mission, Vision, and Goals
↑ Florida
↑ Wind Energy
↑ Estimates of Windy Land Area and Wind Energy Potential, by State
↑ Louisiana Offshore 90-Meter Wind Map and Wind Resource Potential
↑ "U.S. Installed Wind Capacity". U.S. Department of Energy. February 10, 2016.
↑ Generation

Wind power in the United States

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