American Wind Energy Association, the latest data show that the third quarter of 2009, the U.S. added 1.649 million kilowatts of wind turbines installed capacity, which makes this year’s total of new capacity of more than 5.8 million kilowatts.
Investment Advisor in the latest release of “2009-2012 China Wind Power Equipment Industry Analysis and Forecast of Investment Report” shows the first half of 2009 the United States new wind turbines installed capacity of ultra-four million kilowatts in the first quarter the U.S. added wind power installed capacity of 2.836 million kilowatts.
Investment Advisor in the energy industry chief researcher Jiang Qian pointed out that this new wind generators installed capacity of more than 5.8 million kilowatts, along with cut-off by the end of 2008 the United States already 25.17 million kilowatts of wind power installed capacity, that cut-off in 2009 by the end of September, the U.S. wind power installed capacity has exceeded 30 million kilowatts.
Jiang Qian pointed out that the United States Barack Obama repeatedly after administration introduced new policies to support wind power generator and other new energy industries. For example, February 17, 2009 Obama signed the “2009 U.S. recovery and re-investment Act” to the current challenging economic situation, through the next two years, the tax cuts, as well as for energy, health care, infrastructure and education in key areas such as hundreds of billions of dollars in investment, as soon as possible to create many job opportunities. Soon after, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to revive and re-investment Act to provide 93 million U.S. dollars to support wind power development. These are rapidly expanding U.S. wind power industry, a major driving force.
Jiang Qian also expects 2009 should only be a transitional period is expected that with the gradual improvement in the U.S. economy next year, coupled with a new energy policy is now gradually pulling effect, the U.S. wind power industry will still maintain a relatively fast pace of development.
While the investment consultancy, research director Zhang Yan-lin, pointed out that since the financial crisis, including China, the global emerging markets for new energy industries, increasing emphasis, while the new energy development as a traditional great power, the United States of course, unwilling to lag behind in this regard other countries, this is Obama’s new energy industry, the Government will rise to an unprecedented high level of the main reasons. In addition, the growing number of countries involved inwindmill the process of promotion of new energy to not only the development of the industry will play a tremendous role in promoting, but also an effective global response to climate change will play an important role.
