Wind Power News - The Giant Developments of the Year
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As countries around the planet continue to look for alternative systems for making energy, wind power has benefited enormously.Wind power has flourished not only because it is a renewable resource, but also because it is becoming cheaper to generate wind generated electricity.
The most important development in wind energy this year is that it is expanding: 18.4 gigawatts of new wind power has been made worldwide in the first half of 2011 alone, and it's predicted that the new wind power total will be well over 40 gigawatts by the end of the year.
China has proved to be the most significant leader in new wind power development increases, being answerable for 43% of all new wind energy development in 2011 so far. And statisticians forecast that China's wind energy consumption will likely increase.
Another enormous development is the high concentration of wind power in just a few markets. As nuclear power is making it's way to developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 74% of the world's total wind capacity belongs to just five countries: China, the US, Germany, Spain, and India.
China alone has a total capacity of 52 gigawatts of total wind power. The Green Energy Act in Canada has opened up USA's northern neighbor to wind power; so much so that the Ontario province in Canada has already built 603 megawatts of wind energy in the initial half of 2011.
The price tag of wind energy has dropped, bringing it closer to parity status with natural gas. As a result of that, wind power upgrades are predicted to far pass that of 2010. In total, the United States has a wind power capacity of barely over 40 megawatts; though that is less than China or India, it is an obvious improvement.
The decrease in the cost of wind power, coupled with the increase of wind turbine production internationally has made wind energy development major news in 2011.
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