Abstract: . . .  dramatically reducing *UHHFH  0: carbon dioxide emissions by more than 10 billion metric tons. The Worldwatch Institute, an environmental policy group based in Washington, D.C., has chronicled wind’s steady rise around the world, and the Institute has called for phasing out the use of coal in the U.S. and elsewhere because of its damaging health and environmental impacts. Coal still accounts for over half of U.S. electricity generation and a third of electricity production worldwide. 6SDLQ  0: *HUPDQ\  0: 'HQPDUN  0: Spain exemplifies wind energy’s rapid growth. Local and national incentives for wind energy, coupled with a good resource, 86  0: Sources: BTM Consult / AWEA available land and willingness from banks to finance projects, has catapulted the Spanish wind industry from 72 MW of installed capacity in 1994 to some 1,800 MW of installed capacity by the end of 1999. In that year alone, over 900 MW of new capacity were developed—more than the new capacity added in the entire U.S. This growth is having repercussions worldwide. Enron Wind Corp. announced that its Spanish subsidiary Tacke Energia Eolica will erect a turbine manufacturing plant in Spain capable of building 720 MW of output annually for the Spanish and Mediterranean markets. April 2000 122 C Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 voice: (202) 383-2500 fax: (202) 383-2505 www.awea.org  . . .
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