page_title: Renewable energy in the United States
section_title: Wind power
hierarchical_section_title: Renewable energy in the United States / Renewable electricity sources / Wind power
caption_attribution_description: English: The Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas at sunrise
context_page_description: According to preliminary data from the US Energy Information Administration, renewable energy accounted for about 11% of total primary energy consumption and about 17% of the domestically produced electricity in the United States in 2018.
  Hydroelectric power is currently the largest producer of renewable electricity in the country, generating around 6.5% of the nation's total electricity in 2016 as well as 45.71% of the total renewable electricity generation.
  The United States is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world after China, Canada and Brazil.
  The next largest share of renewable power was provided by wind power at 5.55% of total power production, amounting to 226.5 terawatt-hours during 2016. By January 2017, the United States nameplate generating capacity for wind power was 82,183 megawatts. Texas remained firmly established as the leader in wind power deployment, followed by Iowa and Oklahoma as of year end 2016.
  Solar power provides a growing share of electricity in the country, with over 50 GW of installed capacity generating about 1.3% of the country's total electricity supply in 2017, up from 0.9% the previous year.
context_section_description: Wind power capacity in the United States tripled from 2008 to 2016, and supplied over 5% of the country's total electricity generation in 2016. 
  Wind and solar accounted for two-thirds of new energy installations in the United States in 2015.United States wind power installed capacity exceeds 81 GW as of 2017. 
  This capacity is exceeded only by China.
  The 1,320MW Alta Wind Energy Center is the largest wind farm in the world. 
  Shepherds Flat Wind Farm in Oregon is the second largest wind farm in the world, completed in 2012, with the nameplate capacity of 845 MW.
  There were 90,000 wind operations jobs in the United States in 2015. 
  The wind industry in the United States generates tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. 
  Wind projects boost local tax bases, and revitalize the economy of rural communities by providing a steady income stream to farmers with wind turbines on their land. 
  GE Energy is the largest domestic wind turbine manufacturer.
  In 2013 wind power received $5.936 billion in federal funding, which is 37% of all federal funding for electricity generation.
  The United States has the potential of installing 10 terawatt (TW) of onshore wind power and 4 TW of offshore wind. 
  The U.S. Department of Energy’s report 20% Wind Energy by 2030 envisioned that wind power could supply 20% of all the country's electricity, which included a contribution of 4% from offshore wind power. 
  Additional transmission lines will need to be added, to bring power from windy states to the rest of the country. 
  In August 2011, a coalition of 24 governors asked the Obama administration to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind power.
caption: The 781 MW Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas, at sunrise.
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