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From: veritas501	4/5/2011 4:06:11 PM
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If 305 GigaWatts (GW) of Wind Power were installed today (including 54 GW off-shore), it would generate nearly 1,200 TWh annually, or 30% of the US total of 4,000 TWh. According to the Department of Energy, the on-shore Wind installations "would require approximately 50,000 square kilometers of land, yet the actual footprint of land-based turbines and related infrastructure would require only about 1,000 to 2,500 square kilometers of dedicated land — slightly less than the area of Rhode Island." A map showing the size of the Wind installations using a black open square in each State is available at: ncsc.ncsu.edu The above data is from the Department of Energy's July 2008 report entitled 20% Wind Energy by 2030. www1.eere.energy.gov The US has a current installed capacity of 1,000 GW which produces the before mentioned 4,000 TWh annually.

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