Recent information from the Energy Information Administration indicates that the U.S. has made strong gains in the area of wind power. But we still have a long way to go until the U.S. wind fleet makes up a meaningful percentage of total generation.

“Wind-powered generation for all of 2007 was 20.9 percent higher than in 2006 and contributed 5.6 million MWh, or 5.9 percent of the increase in total net generation. Even with these significant increases, the contribution of wind-powered net generation to the national total was only 0.8 percent in 2007.” EIA’s Electric Power Monthly for March 2008 (PDF)