Corporate Wind Deals Benefit Local Communities

Wind Industry Profile of

More than ever, companies are looking to power their businesses using wind energy. Across the world, companies more than doubled the renewable energy contracts they signed between 2017 and 2018. And here in the U.S., 2018 was a record year for non-utility wind power deals. Altogether, non-utility buyers in the U.S. have contracted for more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to date, more than the entire installed capacity of Iowa, the country’s number two wind state.

Why are they looking to wind? Because costs have fallen by 69 percent since 2009, wind is the ... More: Official Press Release AWEA Blog

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