2014 Is Looking To Be A 7,000 Megawatt Year For Wind Power Capacity And Innovation

2014 Is Looking To Be A 7,000 Megawatt Year For Wind Power Capacity And Innovation

from ThinkProgress » Climate Progress by Jeff Spross

GE's new Brilliant 2.5 megawatt turbine. (Credit: GE)

According to Bloomberg, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. is gearing up to drop $1.9 billion on new wind farms in Iowa. The investment might build as many as 656 new turbines by 2015, which would add as much as 1,050 megawatts of wind power capacity to the 2,285 megawatts the company already operates in the state.
The project could also herald a revival in American wind power in general. The anticipated expiration of the production tax credit for wind energy drove a spike in installations in 2012, then a lull into 2013, and finally an anticipated ramp up now that the credit was extended for another year by the fiscal cliff deal.http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/12/1997111/2014-is-looking-to-be-a-7000-megawatt-year-for-wind-power-capacity-and-innovation/?mobile=nc