Global wind power capacity up in '08

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Global wind capacity grew by 29 percent in 2008 with the United States surpassing Germany to become the world's leading wind power generator, Worldwatch Institute said. The Washington-based research organization said on Thursday that global wind capacity rose by over 27,000 megawatts (MW), or enough to power around 27 million homes, to some 120,798 MW last year.

Wind now provides 1.5 percent of the world's energy demand, up from 0.1 percent in 1997.

U.S. wind capacity increased by 50 percent to 25,170 MW, or 21 percent of world capacity.

In Europe, wind represented the leading source of new power capacity, with 8,877 MW installed last year.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5472VL20090508

[Uncle Joe]

1. This is good, I believe with the rise of wind, solar and geothermal energy, there will

be less motivation for waging war.

Thanks for the thread, Joanne.:thumbsup: