Wind power capacity.

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The United States contains vast amounts of wind resources. In fact, if all the nation's wind energy resources were developed, the power produced would more than double the amount of energy needed to satisfy the nation's current electricity needs.

With a high of 5,605 megawatts a year in Texas, to as little as 0.1 MW in Arkansas, 37 states are producing some power through wind turbines. And many new projects are under construction.

Installed wind power capacity has grown tremendously over the past few years. In 2007 alone, new wind...