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Good news, wind power capacity grows to 100 GW

Posted by Dimitrios Matsoulis on March 25, 2008

windfarm.jpgAccording to a post in Treehugger and the Earth Policy Institute, global energy generation from wind is growing in leaps and will very soon -estimated within a month- reach 100 GW! This considerable amount covers the needs of 150 million people!

Although certainly not solving global energy problems, it is a great start and holds even more promise for the future, since rates of installations are increasing in several countries. In 13 of them, generation exceeds 1 GW and growth exceeds any other type of energy, including natural gas. Read the rest of this entry »

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