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American Wind Energy Association

California Independent System Operator

California Legislative Information

California Public Utilities Commission

      CPUC RPS Program - Implementation Decisions, 20%-by-2010 Status,
      and more

California Energy Commission

California Wind Energy Collaborative (UC Davis)

National Wind Coordinating Committee

North American Windpower Magazine

SCE Tehachapi Renewables Transmission Project

U.S. DOE Report: 20% Wind Energy by 2030

Windpower Monthly Magazine

AWEA Wind Energy Fact Sheets
NREL Wind Energy Basics
California Energy Commission Reports on Wind Energy
More Educational Links

American Wind Energy Association - Careers in Wind
North American Windpower - Wind Jobs
Windpower Monthly - Wind Industry Jobs

AWEA - Small Wind Page
California Energy Commission - Consumer Energy Center
California Wind Energy Collaborative (UC Davis) - Small wind courses and    Technician training
Distributed Wind Energy Association

+ As a result of strong public policy, California was the first U.S. state in which large wind energy projects were developed, beginning in the early 1980's.

+ Wind energy projects totaling 3,141 MW of capacity are operating in California today, providing enough electricity to power about 829,000 California households. 1 This represents a near-doubling of capacity since California's RPS law was adopted in 2002.

+ Wind energy projects comprise most of the development that has occurred under California's renewable energy law as of 2010.

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