where is the most wind power produced in the united states
Wind power in the United States In 2016, Nebraska became the eighteenth state to have installed over 1,000 MW of wind power capacity.[3] Texas, with over 20,000 MW of capacity, had the most installed wind power capacity of any U.S. state at the end of 2016. Texas also had more under construction than any other state currently has installed.[3] The state generating the highest percentage of energy from wind power is Iowa.[5] North Dakota has the most per capita wind generation. The Alta Wind Energy Center in California is the largest wind farm in the United States with a capacity of 1548 MW.[6] GE Energy is the largest domestic wind turbine manufacturer.[7]
Natural gas in the United States Since 2009, electricity generation has been the largest use of natural gas in the US. Electricity generated by natural gas has been by far the fastest-growing source of electricity in the US since the 1990s. Natural gas became the second-largest source of US electricity in 2006, when it surpassed nuclear power. In late 2015, natural gas surpassed coal as the largest source of electricity generated in the United States.