20% wind by 2030
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/41869.pdf
http://www.20percentwind.org/20p.aspx?page=Overview
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-2 ... -says.htmlTo implement the 20% Wind Scenario, new wind power installations would increase to more than 16,000 MW per year by 2018, and continue at that rate through 2030, as shown in Figure A. Wind plant costs and performance are projected to improve modestly over the next two decades, but no technological breakthroughs are needed. In the 20% wind scenario, 46 states would experience significant wind power development.
Developers installed wind turbines with capacity of 6,810 megawatts in the U.S. last year [2011], 31 percent more than in 2010, as they rushed to qualify for a federal-tax grant that expired last month, according to an industry group.
Fourth-quarter installations reached 3,444 megawatts, topping the first three quarters combined, led by California, Illinois and Ohio, the fastest-growing state, the American Wind Energy Association said today in a report.