Which way is the wind blowing in California?
In some respects, wind energy in the state has never been better, but by other measurements growth has hit a lull for the past four years.
The U.S. Department of Energy released its annual report a few weeks ago analyzing technologies and markets for the wind industry, showing that California has installed 5,656 megawatts of utility-scale wind, the fourth highest in the nation.
California also ranks fifth in capacity for smaller, distributed wind energy systems since 2003, with 66 megawatts.
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