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BY Tali Aaron : February 22

New Study Reveals U.S. has potential for 3x More Wind Power

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Raw estimates of the amount of potential wind power available in the United States have more than tripled, to 37 million gigawatt-hours. This is astoundingly much more than the amount of energy consumed by Americans annually, currently at about three million gigawatt-hours. The estimate comes from an analysis published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and AWS Truewind, showing more than a threefold increase in available wind resources over the last such study. The last estimate pegged available wind energy at only about 10.8 million gigawatt-hours.  Still, the Department of Energy thought highly enough of the previous figure to proclaim in 2008 that the U.S. electrical grid could be 20% wind-powered by 2030.

Since wind turbines are now being designed for better efficiency, the new study shows that recent technology is built with a better understanding of wind behavior as well as an increased capacity for capturing the wind. The upside: these new developments open up new areas of the country for potential wind generation. The study also comes with highly accurate maps to aid wind-farmers in pinpointing optimal turbine locations.

via Wired

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Last Modified: February 22, 2010 at 1:56 pm
First Published: February 22, 2010 at 12:57 pm

4 Responses to New Study Reveals U.S. has potential for 3x More Wind Power

  2. buildaroo on September 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm


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  3. buildaroo on February 21, 2011 at 3:07 am


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  4. buildaroo on February 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm


    New Study:U.S has potential for 3x more wind power than previously expected-http://buildaroo.com/news/article/new-st... #renewableenergy #cleantech #energy #eco

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    • ReLivingMag on February 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm


      RT @buildaroo: New Study:U.S has potential for 3x more wind power than previously expected-http://buildaroo.com/news/article/new-st... #renewableenergy #cleant ...

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