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THE BIGGEST
States with the most wind-powered electrical-generation capacity.
Wind capacity
State (megawatts)
Texas 4,446
California 2,439
Minnesota 1,299
Iowa 1,271
Washington 1,163
THE FASTEST GROWING
States that added the most capacity in 2007.
New capacity
State (megawatts)
Texas 1,618
Colorado 776
Illinois 592
Oregon 447
Minnesota 405
THE LARGEST SHARE
States with the largest share of electrical power generated by wind.
State Wind share
Iowa 5.5%
Minnesota 4.6
New Mexico 3.9
Oregon 3.5
South Dakota 2.6
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Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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