Wind to make 20 percent of power by 2030: advocates - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Wind to make 20 percent of power by 2030: advocates

By Bernie Woodall
Tue Jun 5, 12:56 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. wind power industry will see half
a trillion dollars of investment by 2030 to take the renewable source
up to 20 percent of U.S. electricity generation, an industry
conference heard on Monday.

This would be a lofty rise from wind's use for less than one percent
of U.S. power today, but many advocates at the American Wind
Energy Association's (AWEA) annual conference this week were
bullish as the United States develops green energy alternatives.

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U.S. President George W. Bush said last year that 20 percent of
the nation's power needs can be met by wind. Since Bush's remarks,
the AWEA and other wind energy advocates have worked to map
out how to get to that target.

That would mean by 2030 there will have to be 325 gigawatts of
installed wind turbines in the United States, said Michael Robinson
of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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