The U.S. now leads the world in the amount of electricity produced from wind power. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) based in Brussels announced the news last week.

The U.S. had massive growth in this sector last year. The wind power industry in the U.S. grew by 50% last year to reach 25 GW.

This is the first time that the U.S. has lead the world in the use of alternative energy.

World wide, 120 GW of wind power generators were installed last year. This is a savings of about 158 million tons of CO2 every year.

The world is finally getting educated and doing something serious about countering the effects of global warming.

Even China surprised the world by doubling their wind power usage for the fourth year in a row. China came in 4th place behind the U.S.

Wind power almost costs the same as coal and nuclear sources of energy. Wind power is much cheaper than solar power which explains why wind power is growing at a faster rate than solar power.

The main challenge of both solar and wind power generators is how to store the energy that is produced during off peak usage hours.

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