Earlier this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration stated that in 2021 over 17 GW of wind capacity came online in the United States, increasing U.S. wind energy generation by 30% to 135.1 GW. Another 7.6 GW was expected to come online in 2022.
According to the World Economic Forum, wind power makes up nearly 8.5% of US power generation and is the country’s most productive renewable energy source. States generating the most wind power are Texas, Iowa, and Oklahoma, so it does not come as a surprise that 5 out of the top 10 wind projects in development in 2022 are coming from these states.
