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ENERGY BASICS: wind

State of Play:

Decades of government support for the development of wind energy has resulted in lower costs and a rapidly growing share of electricity generated by wind turbines. Wind in 2019 accounted for 7.3 percent of electrical generation, surpassing for the first time hydropower at 7.0 percent. 

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Visual Capitalist: Mapping U.S. Wind Electricity Generation by State (April 14, 2022)

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