A rash of recently released reports highlight the rapid growth in the US wind industry. In 2009, “the U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing close to 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity”. This new juice can serve close to 3 million households. It brings our total U.S. wind generating capacity to more than 35,000 megawatts and serving close to 10 million households.
In terms of jobs, “in 2009, 38 manufacturing facilities were brought online, announced or expanded.” This translates into around 80,000 workers (up from 50,000 in 2007). …