China Becomes a Wind Power Big Shot Now

[kgrandia]

http://www.desmogblog.com/wind-power-outpaces-nuclear-china-outpaces-itself

"The biggest surprise is China, which was barely in the wind business three years ago but which in 2007 trailed only the United States and Spain in wind installations and was fifth in total installed capacity. An estimated 3,449 mega­watts of wind turbines were added in 2007, bringing China's provisional total to 6,050 megawatts and already exceeding the govern­ment's target for 2010."

Was reading this post on DU, which led to report by the World Watch Institute and the quote above. Lots of great facts!

[Deja Q]

1. Great news! Let's hope the trend, worldwide, continues!

[kgrandia]

2. Obama needs to step up!

When he takes the White House - I hope we see a massive investment in renewables.

[ladjf]

3. The smart countries are going to wind and solar. The dumb ones

are not.