Despite Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, America’s onshore wind will remain a key and “large enough” market, according to Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Nordex. “We expect the fundamental growth drivers for onshore wind to remain intact over the long term as current developments, such as the boom in artificial intelligence, are expected to further increase demand for energy,” Nordex told Reuters when asked to comment on the U.S. election result.
In 2023, about 10% of total U.S. utility-scale electricity generation was from wind energy projects in 41 states, according to EIA data. The five states with the most electricity generation from wind in 2023 were Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois. These states combined produced about 59% of total U.S. wind electricity generation last year. At the middle of this year, a total of 5.