Wind Energy Installation Declined 72 Percent In Third Quarter, Lowest Level Since 2007

摘要

The amount of wind energy installed in the United States plummeted 72 percent in the third quarter of 2010 compared with the third quarter of 2009, a drop the American Wind Energy Industry (AWEA) attributed to a lack of federal and state incentives for utilities to commission wind power.rnThe 395 megawatts of wind power installed in the third quarter of 2010 represent the slowest quarterrnsince 2007, according to the American Wind Energy Association's Third Quarter 2010 Market Report.rnSo far this year the industry has installed a total of 1,634 megawatts of wind capacity, including 539 megawatts of capacity in the first quarter of 2010 and 700 megawatts in the second quarter, according to AWEA (41 ER 996, 5/7/10).