HARVEST THE WIND

Reviewed 7/10/2012

HARVEST THE WIND America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability Philip Warburg Boston: Beacon Press, April 2012				Rating: 4.5 High
ISBN-13 978-0-8070-0107-3
ISBN 0-8070-0107-4	244pp.	HC/GSI	$27.95

Harvest the Wind tells a compelling story of manufacturing and operations jobs restored, of communities revitalized, of steps toward a rational energy mix for America. The information below, adapted from tables at the back of the book, show how much farther that story can go — given only some rational political will.

Global Wind Capacity Growth 1996–2010

Year	Capacity (MW)		Incremental Growth (%)
Year	Incremental	Cumulative	Incremental Growth (%)
1996	1,280	6,100
1997	1,530	7,600	19.5%
1998	2,520	10,200	64.7%
1999	3,440	13,600	36.5%
2000	3,760	17,400	9.3%
2001	6,500	23,900	72.9%
2002	7,270	31,100	11.8%
2003	8,133	39,431	11.9%
2004	8,207	47,620	0.9%
2005	11,531	59,091	40.5%
2006	15,245	74,052	32.2%
2007	19,866	93,820	30.3%
2008	26,560	120,291	33.7%
2009	38,610	158,738	45.4%
2010	38,230	196,818	-1.0%

Adapted from Table 5: Global Installed Wind Capacity in MW, 1996-2010 (page 189)
Source: GWEC, Global Wind Statistics 2010, modified by CWEA, China Wind Power Installed Capacity Data, March 18, 2011.

State	Wind Power Potential			Energy Potential (GWH/Yr)	Rankings
State	Current Capacity (GW)	Potential Capacity (GW)	Percentage Attained	Energy Potential (GWH/Yr)	Current	Potential
Adapted from Warburg, Table 1. Missing states have less than 1GW capacity. Blue rows are states that use less than 0.1 percent of wind capacity.
Texas	10.085	1,901.5	0.53%	6,527,850	1	1
Iowa	3.675	570.7	0.64%	2,026,340	2	7
California	3.177	34.1	9.32%	105,646	3	20
Minnesota	2.192	489.3	0.45%	1,679,480	4	12
Washington	2.104	18.5	11.37%	55,550	5	22
Oregon	2.104	27.1	7.76%	80,855	6	21
Illinois	2.046	249.9	0.82%	763,529	7	15
Oklahoma	1.482	516.8	0.29%	1,788,910	8	9
North Dakota	1.424	770.2	0.18%	2,983,750	9	6
Wyoming	1.412	552.1	0.26%	1,944,340	10	8
Indiana	1.339	148.2	0.90%	443,912	11	16
Colorado	1.299	387.2	0.34%	1,288,490	12	13
New York	1.275	25.8	4.94%	74,695	13	20
Kansas	1.074	952.4	0.11%	3,646,590	14	2
Pennsylvania	0.748	3.3	22.7%	9,673	15	29
South Dakota	0.709	882.4	0.08%	3,411,690	16	5
New Mexico	0.700	492.1	0.14%	1,644,970	17	11
Wisconsin	0.469	103.8	0.45%	300,136	18	17
Missouri	0.457	274.4	0.17%	810,619	19	14
West Virginia	0.431	1.9	22.7%	5,820	20	33
Montana	0.386	944.0	0.04%	3,228,620	21	3
Idaho	0.353	18.1	1.95%	52,118	22	23
Maine	0.266	11.3	2.35%	33,779	23	25
Utah	0.223	13.1	1.70%	37,104	24	24
Nebraska	0.213	918.0	0.02%	3,540,370	25	4
Michigan	0.164	59.0	0.28%	169,221	26	18
Arizona	0.128	10.9	1.17%	30,616	27	26
Maryland	0.070	1.5	4.67%	4,269	28	35
Hawaii	0.064	3.3	1.94%	12,363	29	29
New Hampshire	0.026	2.1	1.24%	6,706	31[3]	34
Massachusetts	0.018	1.0	1.8%	3,323	32	36
Ohio	0.011	54.9	0.02%	151,881	33	19
Alaska	0.010	494.7	0.002%	1,620,792	34	10
Vermont	0.006	2.9	0.21%	9,163	36[4]	31
Arkansas	0.000	9.2	0.00%	26,906	n/a	27
Nevada	0.000	7.2	0.00%	20,823	n/a	28
Virginia	0.000	1.8	0.00%	5,395	n/a	32
Other States	0.041	2.2	1.86%	6,411	n/a	n/a
Total	40.180	10,956.9	0.37%	38,552,706	n/a	n/a

"Folding induced jobs into the assessment of wind energy benefits may go farther down the speculative road than some are ready to travel. But even setting that outer circle of employment benefits aside, we are looking at a roster that rises to more than a quarter-million direct and indirect jobs if we pursue DOE's 20% by 2030 goal. A technology commitment that advances America's energy independence and reduces our nation's carbon footprint while creating hundreds of thousands of new, skills-based jobs—isn't this a path worth taking?"

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