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Windpowercapacitygrewrapidlyin1998PreliminaryestimatesbytheWorldwatchInstitutehavefoundthattheworldadded2,100megawattsofwindgeneratingcapacityin1998

,35percentmorethanwasaddedin1997.Windpowerisnowtheworld'sfastestgrowingenergysource,accordingtoWorldwa

tch.Thewindturbinesaddedin1998havepushedoverallwindgeneratingcapacityworldwideto9,600megawatts--doublethecapaci

tyinplacethreeyearsearlier.Thesewindturbineshavethepowertogenerateroughly21billionkilowatt-hoursofelect

ricityin1999--enoughfor3.5millionsuburbanhomes,saysWorldwatch.Thewindpowerindustryisalsoexpandingrapidly,withsalesofroughly$2billionin1998.Thewindind

ustryiscreatingthousandsofjobsatatimewhenemploymentinmanufacturingisfallinginmanynations,accordingtoWorldwatch.Fournationsleadthegrowthinwind

energy:Germany,Denmark,SpainandtheUnitedStates.Germanyincreaseditscapacitythemostin1998,adding800megawatts,pushingitswindenergyca

pacitytomorethan2,800megawatts.Germany'sseven-year-oldwindindustryisalreadyproducingasmuchelectricityastwoofthecountry'

slargestcoal-firedpowerplants,accordingtoWorldwatch.InthewindynorthernstateofSchleswigHolstein,windnowprovides15percentoftheelectricity.

Spainadded395megawattsofwindpowerin1998,pushingthecountry'soverallcapacityup86percentto850megawatts.Inthenorther

nindustrialstateofNavarra,whichhasaparticularlyactivewindenergyindustry,23percentofthestate'selectricityalreadycomesfromwindt

urbines,mostofthemmanufacturedinlocalassemblyfacilitiesthatemployhundredsofworkersintheareaaroundPamplona.Windpowerinstallationsalsogrewrapidl

yintheUnitedStatesin1998,withapproximately235megawattsofnewcapacityaddedacross10differentstates.ThesurgeinU.S.windinvestmentwasspurredbyeffortstot

akeadvantageofawindenergytaxcreditthatisscheduledtoexpireinJune1999,accordingtoWorldwatch.Thelargestp

rojectsarea107-megawattwindfarminMinnesota,oneof42megawattsinWyoming,andoneof25megawattsinOregon.Mostofth

erestofthenewcapacitycamefromseveraldozensmallprojects,rangingfromMainetoNewMexico.Denmarkadded235meg

awattsofcapacitythispastyear.Thecountry's1,350megawattsofwindpowernowgeneratemorethaneightpercentofthecountry'selectricity.And,De

nmark'swindcompanieshavebecomeleadingexporters,accordingtoWorldwatch,accountingformorethanhalfthenewwindturbinesinstalledworldwidein1998.The

developingworldwouldbenefitmostfromfurthergrowthofthewindindustrybecausethepowerdemandisgrowingrapidlyandmanycountrieslackadequateindigenoussup

pliesoffossilfuels,saysWorldwatch.Sofar,Indiaisaheadofthegame,withmorethan900megawattsofwindpowerinp

lace.However,winddevelopmenthasslowedthereinthelasttwoyearsduetoasuspensionofthetaxbreaksthatwereenactedin

themid-1990s.Indianobserversexpectthenewgovernmenttorestoresomeoftheseincentives,whichcouldboostwinddevelopmentin1999.Acceleratedgrowthofthewindind

ustryislikelyin1999,withatleast2,500megawattsofcapacitylikelytobeinstalled,accordingtoWorldwatchInstituteestimates.SpainandtheUnitedStates

arepredictedtoexceed500megawattsofnewturbineseach.OthercountrieswheremarketgrowthislikelyincludeCanada,Italy,Japan,NorwayandtheUnitedKingdom.Amongd

evelopingcountries,Argentina,Brazil,CostaRica,EgyptandMoroccoaresomeofthenationsthatappearpoisedtodevelopsizablewindindustriesinthecomin

gyears,saysWorldwatch.