Wind energy is growing in use across the U.S., both small and large wind turbines are getting installed at record rates. And the trend is similar across the world. A new report by Transparency Market Research, ”Global Wind Energy & Wind Turbine Market (2011 – 2016),” finds that there’s been a Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25% over the last 5 years.

As previously reported, total installed wind power around the world reached 197, 039 MW by the end of 2010. That is expected to reach a tremendous 1,750,000 MW by 2030. The wind turbine market is projected to reach $93.1 billion by 2016.

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The tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho is to harness the power of wind and water in a $15bn (£9bn) green energy project, the biggest of its kind in Africa.

The Lesotho highlands power project (LHPP) will generate 6,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power and 4,000MW of hydropower, equivalent to about 5% of neighbouring South Africa’s electricity needs.

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Desertec how green energy could power Europe, north Africa and the Middle East

Work starts next year on a 12 square kilometre Moroccan solar farm, the first step in a grand scheme called Desertec to supply 15% of Europe’s electricity from solar in the south and wind in the north

The maps show possible infrastructure for a sustainable supply of power to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

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Desertec (HUGE Solar & Clean Energy Project) Moving Forward

If you haven’t heard of Desertec yet, it’s about time you did. Desertec is a half-a-trillion-dollar renewable energy project (yes, I said trillion) planned for Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. We’ve written about it several times over the years. If built, it is projected to produce 15-20% of Europe’s electricity by 2050, as well as providing the Middle East and North African (MENA) region with a good deal of its electricity.

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Last week, the French government announced the launch of a $14.26 billion tender to build five different offshore wind farms. The goal is to reduce the country’s longstanding reliance on atomic power and to boost its renewable-energy industry.

As the French ecology and industry ministries said, the wind farms that have a total of around 1,200 wind turbines off the north and west coasts of France, will be capable to generate 3.5% of the country’s electricity. The wind farms are expected to go online between 2015 and 2020.

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