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Support Wind Energy in Texas

This week, House Bill 3390, extending the Texas Economic Development Act, was reported out of a Senate committee and is soon to be debated on the Senate floor. Texas is…

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Stand Up for Minnesota Wind Power

Last week, the Energy Jobs Act of 2013 passed off the Minnesota House and Senate floors. Thanks to the efforts of advocates like you, the Minnesota House included our proposal…

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Keep Wind In Texas

We need your voice today. Texas is a leader in wind energy in part because of an innovative economic development program called the Texas Economic Development Act, or Chapter 313. …

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Expanding Minnesota’s Renewable Electricity Supply

2 April 2013

Seeking 40% renewable electricity by 2030

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Airspace, Radar and Wind Energy

Decades of experience in developing wind turbine facilities in the U.S. and around the world, often near civilian or military radar installations, has demonstrated that wind turbines and radar can…

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The U.S. wind energy industry could support 500,000 jobs, according to the Department of Energy's 20 percent Wind Energy by 2030 study
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Top states for installed new wind capacity during the third quarter include Kansas, (473 MW); Oregon (333 MW); Texas (281 MW); Oklahoma (229 MW); and Nevada (152 MW)
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Driving today costs over 15 cents/mi for gas, while running an electric car on wind power costs less than 3 cents/mi. It's like paying 70 cents a gallon at the pump & saving a driver over $1,400/year.
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There are 472 U.S. factories currently online and supplying the wind industry.
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The U.S. wind industry supported more than 75,000 jobs in 2011. A full 30,000 of those jobs were in manufacturing.
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35 percent of new U.S. electric generating capacity came from wind from 2007-2011, with less than 15 percent of new capacity coming from coal, and less than 1 percent coming from nuclear.
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There are 39 states with utility scale wind farms as of the end of October 2012.
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Grid operators in America and worldwide already rely on wind power to keep the lights on.
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American wind is one of the most affordable forms of new energy. It costs less than new coal or nuclear energy. It competes with natural gas in wind-rich regions.
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Over 40,000 wind turbines across the US can now produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of all the homes in MI, OH, IA, CO, and NV combined.
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