U.S. Wind Power Monthly

Highlights:

• Wind power generation in the U.S. has generally stalled out over the last year with trailing 12-month generation through April down 3.3%

• There may be signs of a change in momentum as April recorded the highest monthly wind power generation on record on the heels of the prior record in March using EIA monthly data

• By aggregating EIA daily data we can report June wind power generation was 38,840 MWh up 41% versus last year, another positive sign

• The top-20 wind projects in the U.S. had average capacity factors of 54%

• Last 12-month U.S. wind generation was 469.4 GWHrs

• Total wind capacity is 151,976 megawatts

• U.S. operating and planned wind capacity through 2030 totals 173,516 MW

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