Wind installed more capacity than any other generation source in 2015, industry says

Utility Dive: At least 62% of all currently installed wind capacity was procured through PPAs with independent power producers (IPPs), according to the American Wind Energy Association's 2015 Annual Market Report, and 15% of wind capacity built since 2009 has been directly owned by utilities.

There has been a shift to a new set of off-takers in recent years. Major brands like Google and Microsoft and other emerging non-utility customers accounted for 52% of the contracted wind in 2015, representing 2,074 MW of new pipeline capacity.

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