United States Leads In Wind Power Production

Feb 9 2009 | 9:38am ET

The United States led the world in total wind power production in 2008, overtaking the 2007 leader Germany, according to the Brussels-based Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

Numbers published by the council last week show the U.S. at the top of the table, with total installed capacity of 25GW, including just over 8GW of new installed capacity from 2008. Germany came in a close second with 24GW of installed capacity.


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