Wind power is the largest emerging clean-energy source on the
planet. It is starting to reach significant penetration in an
increasing number of markets, representing approximately 20 percent
of Denmark’s total electricity generation, 10 percent of Spain’s,
and more than 7 percent of Germany’s. In the U.S., Iowa and
Minnesota now get approximately 5 percent of their electricity from
the wind, New Mexico around 4 percent, and Oregon approximately 3.5
percent. Even more remarkable, wind represented 30 percent of new
electricity generating capacity installed in the U.S. in 2007.
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