Texas Windpower

NY Times article - Move Over, Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind

Key Points:

• Texas now has more windpower than California
• 3% of Texas energy is generated from the wind. 1% of US.
• Denmark generates 20% of it's power from wind.
• US Wind Capacity grew 45% last year.
• US is the 2nd largest producer of windpower, Germany is first in money invested.
• Foreign companies own 2/3rd of the wind projects under construction in Texas.