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U.S. wind capacity factors – 2012 (preliminary)
Author: | Grid, Technology, U.S.
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Source: Form EIA-923, all wind energy facilities that submitted monthly reports for ALL of 2012.
Note that these are idealized figures, representing self-reports of only working turbines (i.e., not accounting for downtime for maintenance, repair, or accident). For example, according to the EIA’s annual data reports and averaging the installed capacities at the ends of 2011 and 2012, the overall capacity factor in the U.S. in 2012 was 30.4% rather than 31.8% as reported here. The difference likely varies by state.
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0.201 TN
0.202 AZ 0.231 VT 0.236 NY 0.239 WV 0.242 OH 0.243 ME 0.248 UT 0.249 CA 0.249 PA 0.259 OR 0.269 IN 0.271 WA 0.280 WI 0.294 IL 0.298 MD 0.311 MO 0.324 MI 0.330 HI 0.333 NM 0.337 CO 0.337 MN 0.337 TX 0.338 MT 0.341 ID 0.343 IA 0.352 WY 0.358 KS 0.389 ND 0.414 OK 0.428 NE 0.429 SD 0.318 US TOTAL |
Northeast
New England
ME 0.243
VT 0.231 Middle Atlantic NY 0.236
PA 0.249 South South Atlantic
MD 0.298
WV 0.239 East South Central TN 0.201
West South Central OK 0.414
TX 0.337 Midwest East North Central
IL 0.294
IN 0.269 MI 0.324 OH 0.242 WI 0.280 West North Central IA 0.343
KS 0.358 MN 0.337 MO 0.311 ND 0.389 NE 0.428 SD 0.429 West Mountain
AZ 0.202
CO 0.337 ID 0.341 MT 0.338 NM 0.333 UT 0.248 WY 0.352 Pacific CA 0.249
HI 0.330 OR 0.259 WA 0.271 |
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