US Wind Industry Posts Second Strongest Quarter Ever

Clean Technica: The US wind industry posted its second strongest quarter ever in the fourth quarter of 2015, with more installations than in all of 2014.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, which published its results in its US Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2015 Market Report this week, the US wind industry installed 8,598 MW during 2015, the third largest amount ever installed in a year, and a 77% increase over 2014. Specifically, the fourth quarter was the second strongest quarter ever recorded, installing 5,001 MW — in fact, developers installed more capacity during the fourth quarter than they did through the first three quarters of the year combined.

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