FIT-powered Britain Surpasses US in 2011 Small Wind Capacity

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renewableenergyworld.com 27 Jul '12, 4pm

FIT-powered Britain Surpasses US in 2011 Small Wind Capacity

The remarkable admission is contained in the American Wind Energy Association's annual report on the status of the small turbine industry in the U.S. for 2011 and in data tracking the performance of the British program . In 2011, Britain installed 23 MW of small wind turbines, according to industry sources. In comparison, the U.S. installed 19 MW of small wind capacity. From 2010 to 2011, installed small wind capacity in Britain increased from 40 MW to slightly more than 60 MW — an increase of 50 percent. In total installed small wind capacity, Britain is still well behind the US and China both of which have had various programs promoting small wind for the past two decades. What is startling though, is that Britain surpassed the U.S. — until recently the world's second largest annual market after China — in new installations and did so with a program barely two years old....

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