US electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite 6.2GW of wind capacity being installed in the past year, according to data provided by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The EIA’s Power Plant Operations Report shows that US wind generation in 2023 totalled 425,235 gigawatt-hours (GWh), 2.1% less than the 434,297GWh generated in 2022.
In the past few years, wind capacity in the US has more than tripled from 47GW in 2010 to 147.5GW at the end of 2023, with electricity from wind turbines growing as a result. The utilisation rate at…
