Minnesota continues to be a top state for wind power

Minnesota continued to be one of the top wind power states in 2016, and Xcel Energy the nation’s top wind energy utility.

The annual report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), released Wednesday in St. Paul, showed wind power had a strong year nationally, with generating capacity increasing 11 percent or 8,203 megawatts. A megawatt is a million watts, and 2016 marked the second consecutive year the industry topped 8,000 megawatts after a couple of lean years.

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