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==Growth of Wind Power==
 
==Growth of Wind Power==
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the share of U.S. electricity generation from wind grew from less than 1% in 1990 to about 8.4% in 2020. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/history-of-wind-power.php </ref>
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* According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the share of U.S. electricity generation from wind grew from less than 1% in 1990 to about 8.4% in 2020. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/history-of-wind-power.php </ref> In its Annual Energy Outlook 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that the share of renewables in the U.S. electricity generation mix will increase from 21% in 2020 to 42% in 2050. Wind and solar generation are responsible for most of that growth. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/</ref>
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In its Annual Energy Outlook 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that the share of renewables in the U.S. electricity generation mix will increase from 21% in 2020 to 42% in 2050. Wind and solar generation are responsible for most of that growth. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/</ref>
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* In 2019, wind turbines in [[Iowa]] generated more electricity than the state's coal-fired power plants for the first time. [[Coal]] generated 35% of the state's net electricity, down from 59% five years earlier. During the same period, wind power grew from 29% of the state's net generation to 42% in 2019. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=IA</ref>
    
==Common Wind Turbines for Producing Energy <ref> https://blog.arcadia.com/types-of-wind-turbines-being-used-today/</ref> ==
 
==Common Wind Turbines for Producing Energy <ref> https://blog.arcadia.com/types-of-wind-turbines-being-used-today/</ref> ==
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