AWEA: US brought 2,000 MW new installed wind capacity online in Q1

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AWEA: US brought 2,000 MW new installed wind capacity online in Q1 | Make: US installed offshore wind capacity to hit 2.2 GW by 2026 | Grand Prairie project puts Neb. past 1-GW mark, AWEA says Created for aquarianm@gmail.com |  Web Version ADVERTISEMENT May 3, 2017 News for wind power professionals and advocates SIGN UP ⋅   FORWARD Industry Update AWEA: US brought 2,000 MW new installed wind capacity online in Q1 The US installed 908 turbines with a combined capacity of 2,000 megawatts in the first quarter, marking its strongest first quarter since 2009, according to the American Wind Energy Association. "Each new modern wind turbine supports 44 years of full-time employment over its lifespan, so the turbines we installed in just these three months represent nearly 40,000 job years for American workers," said AWEA CEO Tom Kiernan. Reuters (5/2),  North American Windpower online (5/2)       Make: US installed offshore wind capacity to hit 2.2 GW by 2026 (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Installed offshore wind capacity in the US is expected to reach 2.2 gigawatts by 2026, said Make Consulting. The report said the industry would undergo a "boom period" between now and 2020, with the potential to add a total of 59 GW of new installed land-based and offshore wind capacity through 2026. ReNews.biz (U.K.) (5/2)         Grand Prairie project puts Neb. past 1-GW mark, AWEA says With the addition of the 400-megawatt Grand Prairie project in Holt County, Neb., the state has surpassed the 1-gigawatt mark for installed wind capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association. AWEA added that Nebraska is the 18th state to surpass the 1-GW mark. Lincoln Journal Star (Neb.) (tiered subscription model) (5/3)       Which network monitoring tool is right for you? 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The Hill (5/2)       AWEA News More than dust in the wind: Kansas a first quarter leader The US wind industry just had its best first quarter in eight years. That's one of the top takeaways from AWEA's 2017 First Quarter Market Report, and it's far from the only highlight. Read more.      Learn more about AWEA: AWEA Home | Events | Take Action AWEA Facebook | AWEA Twitter | AWEA LinkedIn CAREERS IN WIND powered by Project Engineer, Wind Turbine Measurements WINDGUARD NORTH AMERICA, INC. -  2017 Summer Intern AWEA - Dist. Columbia Wind Plant Optimization Sales Engineer RENEWABLE NRG SYSTEMS - Hinesburg, Vermont View More Listings | Post a Job An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski, writer      These stories were selected and summarized by independent editors at SmartBrief Inc., not by AWEA's staff, and do not represent AWEA positions. 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