Source: American Wind Energy Association, published August 2011, in Seattle Business Magazine, print edition, February 2012.
- Washington was an early leader in the wind industry and ranks fifth in the nation for installed capacity
- Currently online: 2,357 Megawatts (MW)
- Added in 2011: 151 MW
- Added in 2010: 297 MW
- Under construction: 343 MW
- Wind projects in queue: 5,831 MW
- Percentage of Washington power provided by wind in 2010: 4.6%
- Equivalent number of homes Washington wind farms now power: 625,000
- State wind resource: 18,479 MW at 80 meters hub heights
- According to a resource assessment from the National Renewable Energy Lab, Washington’s wind resource could provide 64 percent of the state’s current electricity needs.