U.S. Wind Power Blows New Records. Again. And Again.

A wind turbine in Arlington, Oregon. Photographer: Meg Roussos/Bloomberg
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Wind was responsible for 4.8 percent of America’s electricity used in January. That’s the highest January total ever, breaking the record from last January, which broke the record for the January before that, and so on. The chart below shows the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Association.