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US Wind Power Is Expected To Double In the Next 5 Years

Posted by Soulskill on from the will-power-8-light-bulbs-instead-of-4 dept.

merbs writes: The U.S. Department of Energy anticipates that the amount of electricity generated by wind power to more than double over the next five years. Right now, wind provides the nation with about 4.5 percent of its power. But an in-depth DOE report (PDF) released yesterday forecasts that number will rise to 10 percent by 2020—then 20 percent by 2030, and 35 percent by 2050.

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  1. Re:Wind is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those parentheses are a contained sentence, maggot! Where's your capitalization and period? I see a space there at the end, too. Drop and give me 50 WPM!