Total installed onshore wind power capacity in the United States has already exceeded 100 gigawatts (GW), with more than half of that nameplate capacity installed over the past seven years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday. Wind, together with solar power, has been one of the fastest growing energy sectors this year. Onshore wind capacity in the U.S. has surged in recent years, more than tripling over the past decade , according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The largest oil-producing region in the United States, Texas, is also the American champion in wind power installation and electricity generation. As of the third quarter of this year, Texas had the most onshore wind capacity installed—26.9 GW—followed by Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas. These four states accounted for half of all installed onshore wind capacity in the U.S. A total of 41 states had at least one […]