power gen data

(some interesting stats that I like to keep track of)

US wind power generation as a % of the whole
2008 2009
1.2% 1.7%

US coal gen as % of whole
2008 2009
50.7% 45.2%

Stats from EU:
Wind power’s total capacity in the European Union has now reached 74,767 MW, up from 64,719 MW by the end of 2008 with Germany remaining the EU country with the largest installed capacity, followed by Spain, Italy, France and the UK.

The wind capacity installed by the end of 2009 will in a normal year produce 163 TWh of electricity, meeting 4.8% of total EU power demand.