United States to further accelerate the development of wind energy industry
United States President Barack Obama in his inaugural speech that “we will use solar, wind and soil to serve our cars and factories to provide energy.” In this regard, the U.S. media that, from the remarks of view, wind energy is very likely to be Obama’s new energy plan in the “Troika” is one. The United States is the world’s largest energy consumer, and the overall scientific and technological strength of the strongest countries, the new president Such a stance will undoubtedly wind energy technology development and application of a significant impact.
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has revealed that the global wind energy in the 28.8% surge in 2008. In 2008 the United States built a 8.35GW of wind power capacity, for 50% of the original capacity, total capacity now has reached 25.1GW, accounting for one-fifth of the world’s wind power generation, and have gone beyond Germany’s 23.9GW, become the world’s wind power generation The first strong.
American Wind Energy Association Executive Director, said Schweitzer homes in recent years, a growing emphasis on development of wind energy, wind power is expected in 2009 the United States will not only provide more American families new energy, but will also create more employment opportunities, to become the United States the new economic growth point.
Practice has proved that the charm of wind power is obvious, its energy cost is zero, pollution emissions, is also zero, and adequate supply. Arizona State University geography professor Maikepasi Gai Le Di said: “Great Plains region, wind energy is sufficient, if fully developed, only North Dakota, Texas and Kansas, the three states of the potential wind power on the sufficient to meet demand for electricity throughout the United States. ”
Increased investment in wind power
As the world the process of seeking alternative sources of energy continues to accelerate, and now the world’s least 1000 large-scale energy companies and investment firms optimistic about the bright future of wind power, the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturers are keen to invest in companies in which the United States to invest in wind power generation is most active.
U.S. General Electric Company recently announced that the next 10 years of investment in wind energy utilization will reach 5 billion U.S. dollars, while so far in this area, the company has invested 6.5 billion U.S. dollars. 4 years ago, General Electric from Enron’s bankruptcy estate acquired its fan manufacturing business. Thus, from the fans this year, GM expects sales and maintenance revenues will reach 20 billion U.S. dollars.
California, the U.S. wind energy the most developed areas. Initially, the state government adopted a tax policy to encourage enterprises to establish a wind farm, the development of wind energy. After many years of promotion and development of wind farms in California offers a wide range of employment opportunities and higher taxes. Tehachapi is a small town in California, is one of California’s three major wind farm. Today, the U.S. government for the development of wind power reached the capital invested billions of dollars a year. Tehachapi town is like in the past the west, reproduced in 1849 in California’s “gold rush fever.”
FPL Group’s annual revenue as high as 90 billion U.S. dollars, a subsidiary of FPL Energy’s electricity production sector (FPLEnergy) is currently the United States the number one wind power farm. FPL Energy in the United States a total of 43 family traditions electric field, are found in 15 states, accounting for the nation’s wind power capacity of around 40%. Sino-US energy companies began last fall to build a wind farm in Iowa, upon completion, will become one of the world’s largest wind farm. For the past few years, investment in wind energy projects in more than 20 billion dollars.
2020, wind power will account for 5% of the total U.S. electricity generation, wind energy will also become very important in American daily life of a renewable energy. According to plan, by 2015, Colorado’s public utilities (2396.066, -28.88, -1.19%) 10% of electricity must come from renewable energy sources, wind energy is one of them. The eastern part of the current Colorado schools, cities and towns and some urban areas are using the local wind energy resources.
