o A poll of voters in the Evansville Water and Light service area showed that 76% support wind power for the area, with less than 6% in opposition. Similar results were found in the Town of Union, with 72% supporting a wind project in the Town, and just 8% against.1
o A poll of voters in Calumet County overwhelmingly favored building new wind farms in the County. A full 70% of voters supported building new wind farms, including a plurality (45%) of voters living near the proposed projects.2
o In 2008, the U.S. wind industry installed 8,358 MW of new generating capacity, enough to serve over 2 million homes. The nation's wind power generating capacity grew by 50%, and represents an investment of 17 billion into the economy.3
o The U.S. market for small wind turbines - those with capacities of 100 kilowatts (kW) and less - grew 78% in 2008. U.S. manufacturers sold about half of all small wind turbines installed worldwide last year. U.S. market share amounted to 77 million of the 156 million global total.4
o There are over 120 Gigawatts5 of wind turbines installed worldwide, and since 2005, global wind generation capacity has more than doubled. Currently, 76 countries are using commercial wind energy.6
o The U.S. military uses wind turbines to reduce fuel costs and the need for fuel shipments in dangerous areas.7
1 "Evansville Area Public Opinion Survey on Wind Power." April 29, 2008
2 "Wind Farms in Calumet County." October 18, 2007
3 http://www.awea.org/newsroom/releases/wind energy growth2008 27Jan09.html
4 http://awea.org/newsroom/releases/AWEA Reports Small Wind Market Growth 052809.html
5 1 Gigawatt = 1 billion watts.
6 http://www.wwindea.org/home/images/stories/worldwindenergyreport2008 s.pdf
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