Percentage of Pennsylvania power provided by wind in 2010: 0.8%

Equivalent number of homes Pennsylvania wind farms now power: 180,000

State wind resource: 3,307 MW at 80 meter hub height

According to a resource assessment from the National Renewable Energy Lab, Pennsylvania’s wind resource could provide 6.4 percent of the state’s current electricity needs.

Investment in wind power is an investment in jobs, including jobs in operations and

maintenance, construction, manufacturing and many support sectors. In addition, wind power

projects produce lease payments for landowners and increase the tax base of communities.

• Total direct and indirect jobs supported in 2010: 3,000-4,000

• Annual property tax payments by wind project owners: $1.3 million

• Annual land lease payments: over $2.2 million

Generating wind power creates no emissions and uses virtually no water. The wind power

installed in Pennsylvania will avoid over 1.25 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions

annually.