The U.S. wind energy industry has seen explosive growth over the past decade, with national installed capacity growing from 3864 megawatts in 2001 to to 43,461 megawatts at the end of September 2011. The year 2009 saw the most growth with 9645 megawatts of capacity installed in that year alone. The debate over the extension of what is regarded by many as the industry's most important subsidy has caused concern regarding whether this pace can be sustained. There remain a large number of wind energy projects at various states in the development "pipeline," with 8400 megawatts of capacity under construction at the time of this writing. This assures there will still be wind energy issues requiring the services of competent attorneys in the days to come.
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