In 2020, cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States was around 122 gigawatts. Wind energy penetration that year was around eight percent in the United States.
Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts)
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Statistics on Wind energy in the U.S.
Overview
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Capacity
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- Basic Statistic Wind energy cumulative installed capacity in the United States 2000-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. wind power capacity additions 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Wind power capacity in the U.S. 2021, by leading state
- Premium Statistic U.S. states' wind power capacity additions 2020
- Premium Statistic Distributed wind power capacity installations in the U.S. 2020, by key state
- Premium Statistic U.S. onshore wind capacity by state 2019
- Basic Statistic Largest wind power projects in the United States 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. large-scale wind power capacity additions 2005-2021
Generation
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- Premium Statistic Renewable energy production in the U.S. 2005-2021, by source
- Basic Statistic Wind power generation in the U.S. 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. wind power increase in electricity generation 2000-2018
- Basic Statistic U.S. renewable electricity generation from hydro, wind and solar 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. onshore wind energy production 2009-2020
Companies
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Consumption
3
Outlook
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- Basic Statistic U.S. offshore wind economic benefit projection by select state 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. offshore wind projects in the pipeline by capacity 2020
- Basic Statistic Global offshore wind investment outlook by select country 2019-2040
- Basic Statistic Global wind capacity additions outlook due to Covid-19 2020
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- Cumulative installed wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
- Newly installed wind power capacity concentration rate in China 2013-2019
- Newly installed offshore wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
- Cumulative installed offshore wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
- Newly installed and cumulative wind power capacity in China 2008-2018
- Wind turbine export volume from China 2013-2018
- Wind power capacity installed in China by province 2022
- Italy: distribution of the costs of a wind power plant in 2008 and 2016
- U.S. states based on wind energy investments 2017
- Wind index of wind power farms in Norway 2019
- North American and the Caribbean new wind investments 2005-2016
- Wind power capacity in Chile 2022, by project stage
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- ERCOT - cumulative installed capacity
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- Cumulative installed wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
- Newly installed wind power capacity concentration rate in China 2013-2019
- Newly installed offshore wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
- Cumulative installed offshore wind power capacity by leading company in China 2018
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- Wind turbine export volume from China 2013-2018
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- U.S. states based on wind energy investments 2017
- Wind index of wind power farms in Norway 2019
- North American and the Caribbean new wind investments 2005-2016
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Topics

US Department of Energy. (August 20, 2021). Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/
US Department of Energy. "Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts)." Chart. August 20, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/
US Department of Energy. (2021). Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/
US Department of Energy. "Cumulative Installed Wind Power Capacity in The United States from 2000 to 2020 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/
US Department of Energy, Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/ (last visited March 28, 2023)
Cumulative installed wind power capacity in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in gigawatts) [Graph], US Department of Energy, August 20, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/223138/cumulative-installed-wind-power-capacity-in-the-us/