Those wind towers in Fremont CA.In a new study of wind power in the world, the United States was leading the world in new wind power installations in 2007! It's about time. Wind power has been growing across the world for three years running now and 5,244 megawatts of new electrical capacity was added last year. (One thousand small houses with their lights on, or one grocery store open for one hour uses one megawatt-hour of energy.)
As usual California leads the way. Los Angeles broke ground on the largest city owned wind plant in the US. The new plant will be on the edge of the Mojave Desert about 100 miles north of LA. Eighty wind turbines will produce enough electricity to power 56,000 homes.
Thirty eight states now produce 1 % of electricity. It is expected that 2008 will match last year's growth.
