How much energy is produced from wind in the U.S. today?
Total installed U.S. wind capacity at year’s end 2004 was 6,734 megawatts (MW), or enough to serve more than 1.6 million average households (with 4.3 million people). More than 2,000 MW of wind generationenough to serve more than 600,000 average American homes–were installed in the United States in the past two years alone. In 2004, over 16 billion kilowatthours of energy was generated from wind enough electricity for 1.6 million average American homes.
