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US forecast to commission 21GW of wind power in 2021

By Andrew McCorkell, 12 February 2021

The US looks set to break last year's record for new wind capacity, but it will need to keep up this pace to meet ambitious state targets, a new report reveals

Turn of the year sees US commissioning surge

By James Agyepong-Parsons, 15 January 2021

Wind farm commissioning ramped up significantly in the US towards the end of 2020, according to Windpower Intelligence, the research and data division of Windpower Monthly

GE turbine catches fire at newly completed US wind farm

By Craig Richard, 22 December 2020

The 225MW Roundhouse wind farm in Wyoming was commissioned in June and features two models of GE turbines

NextEra to replace Iowan nuclear with wind

By Craig Richard, 31 July 2018

UNITED STATES: Electricity supplier NextEra Energy will close a nuclear plant five years earlier than anticipated, and partially make up for the lost output with new and existing wind capacity.

Wind investments rise in first half of 2018

By Craig Richard, 9 July 2018

WORLDWIDE: Large project financings caused total investments in wind power to surge in the first half of 2018, while those in solar PV slowed, according to new figures.

Windpower Intelligence Global Forecast: June 2018

1 June 2018

Below we present our latest global capacity forecasts to 2024.