Wind
- In Pennsylvania, 751 wind turbines generate over 1,400 megawatts (MW) of wind power, equivalent to powering 325,600 homes – putting Pennsylvania 19th in the nation for installed wind capacity.
- Installed wind capacity: 1,459 MW
- State rank for installed wind capacity: 19th
- Number of wind turbines: 751
- State rank for number of wind turbines: 19th
- Wind projects online: 25 (Projects larger than 10 MW: 23)
- Installed wind capacity: 1,459 MW
- Wind energy is a significant source of job creation in Pennsylvania. Between 2017 and 2019, wind energy jobs increase by 9.7 percent, which is equivalent to 259 workers and totaling 2,937 wind energy. In 2019, the wind energy sector in Pennsylvania made up 2.6 percent of all wind energy jobs in the United States.
- Pennsylvania is a manufacturing leader for the wind energy industry, with 32 manufacturing facilities producing components for the wind industry and providing high quality jobs for Pennsylvanians.
- Direct wind industry jobs in 2019: 2,001 to 3,000
- Capital investment in wind projects through 2019: $3.1 billion
- Annual state and local tax payments by wind projects: $2 million
- Annual land lease payments: $10.7 million
- Wind energy is a significant source of renewable energy capacity in Pennsylvania. Since 2013, wind energy has become the largest source of renewable energy generation in Pennsylvania – 36 percent of renewable electricity in 2018.
- Wind energy reduces emissions and water consumption by avoiding generation from fossil-fuel power plants. In 2019, 3.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions were avoided, the equivalent of 740,000 car’s worth of emissions, while 1.9 billion gallons of water consumption were avoided.