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World Wind Power Set to Top 300,000 Megawatts in 2013, After Record 2012

2013-04-03 12:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. With total capacity exceeding 280,000 megawatts, wind farms generate carbon-free electricity in more than 80 countries, 24 of which have at least 1,000 megawatts. At the European level of consumption, the worlds operating wind turbines could satisfy the residential electricity needs of 450 million people. Several...

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