Jan 18 2011
Research and Markets, a leading market research and market data providing company, has declared the availability of its latest report titled "US Wind Power Market”. The report details the origin of harnessing wind power right from 5,000 BC.
In its latest US Wind Markets Report, Research and Markets offers a total analysis of the wind power generating industry in United States. It details the type of technologies utilized, the current obstacles in the development of wind power, the regulatory frame work of the country and the profile details of the bigger companies that are involved in wind energy industry. The key topics covered in the report include a simple introduction to wind power, current level of worldwide wind power market, the companies engaged in the production of wind turbines, and the driving forces behind wind energy technology. It mentions various challenges encountered by the wind companies in developing the wind power and the economics of wind power generation. While providing the wind analysis on each of the states in the country it mentions the major wind farms situated in the country and the major players involved in the wind power generation projects. The report is complete with latest figures and tables on the US wind energy market.
According to the report, the global wind power generation stood at 94.1 GW at the end of the year 2007 and witnessed nearly five fold growth from 2000 to 2007. It mentions that though the global wind power generation hardly represents 1% of the total power utilized it bills for nearly 19% of the power production in Denmark, 9% each for Portugal and Spain and 6% each for Republic of Ireland and Germany.