Green Options » producer http://greenoptions.com/tag/producer Posts tagged 'producer' Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en US Becomes Largest Wind Power Producer in the World http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/27/us-becomes-largest-wind-power-producer-in-the-world/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/27/us-becomes-largest-wind-power-producer-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:19:22 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/27/us-becomes-largest-wind-power-producer-in-the-world/

The United States has overtaken Germany to become the largest producer of wind energy in the world, generating enough capacity to eliminate the burning of 91 million barrels of oil per year.

According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), US wind producers enjoyed another record year of growth in 2008—the third in a row. The country now has an installed wind power capacity well in excess of 21,000 megawatts (MW), enough to supply electricity to over 5.5 million American homes.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/27/us-becomes-largest-wind-power-producer-in-the-world/feed/ UK Becomes World’s Biggest Producer of Offshore Wind Power http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:00:09 +0000 Andrew Williams http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/21/uk-becomes-worlds-biggest-producer-of-offshore-wind-power/

The UK government announced today that Britain has overtaken Denmark to become the world’s biggest producer of offshore wind power.

The rise to the top of the global league table follows the construction of a new wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire, which increases the UK’s total electricity generation from offshore wind sources to 590 megawatts (MW), enough to power 300,000 homes.

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