The US wind energy market continues to boom. Iowa became the first state to produce over 30% of their power from wind. Full report: http://awea.files.cms-plus.com/FileDownloads/pdfs/1Q2017 AWEA Market Report Public Version.pdf The U.S. wind industry installed 2,000 megawatts (MW) during the first quarter of 2017, a 385% increase from the first quarter of 2016 and the second strongest first quarter on record. The addition of North Carolina’s first utility-scale wind project brings U.S. installed wind power capacity to 84,143 MW across 41 states. Project developers reported a combined 20,977 MW of wind capacity under construction or in advanced development, with 4,466 MW in combined new announcements. There are now 9,025 MW under construction and 11,952 MW in advanced development. 1,781 MW of power purchase agreements (PPA) were signed during the first quarter, the strongest first quarter for PPA announcements since the beginning of 2013. Utilities also announced 1,150 MW of planned wind capacity additions under direct ownership.
