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| Texas Overtakes California in Installed Wind Power |
| 2006-08-01 |
| EFL:... Texas for the first time supplanted historic leader California as the top state in cumulative wind power capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Second Quarter Market Report. The report also shows that U.S. developers brought online a capacity total of 822 megawatts (MW) in the first half of the year [later on the article forecasts 3000MW for the whole year]. With the strong growth, the U.S.’s cumulative wind power capacity surged to 9,971 MW—... Texas ’s cumulative total now stands at 2,370 MW of capacity—enough to power over 600,000 average American homes—followed by California’s 2,323 MW. Texas edged ahead of California by adding a total of 375 MW, about half of the total amount installed in the country since the beginning of the year.... |
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