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There are more than twenty wind power projects operating in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and several future wind farms planned or under construction. The most productive wind energy regions generally fall in mountain or coastal terrains. The northern portion of the Appalachian chain, including most of Southwestern Pennsylvania, is one of the areas with the highest potential for wind energy in the Eastern United States. The mountain ridges of central and northeastern Pennsylvania, including the Poconos in the eastern part of the state, offer some of the best wind resources in the region.〔(A new crop takes root ) accessed March 1, 2010.〕 If all wind energy potential in Pennsylvania was developed with utility-scale wind turbines, the power produced each year would be enough to supply 6.4% of the state's current electricity consumption.〔State wind energy fact sheet - Pennsylvania, American Wind Energy Association, Dec. 2011〕 As of 2010, Pennsylvania ranks 15th in the nation in the production of wind power.〔(Pennsylvania profile ((secondary source)) ) Natural Resources Defense Council, accessed March 1, 2010.〕 24 wind projects currently operating in Pennsylvania have an installed capacity of 1,334.5 MW and generate about 3,507 gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/yr), enough to power nearly 390,000 homes, less than 1% of the state consumption. In 2006, Pennsylvania's legislature ruled that wind turbines and related equipment may not be included in property-tax assessments. Instead, the sites of wind facilities are assessed for their income-capitalization value. In 2007, Montgomery County became the first wind-powered county in the nation, with a two-year commitment to buy 100 percent of its electricity from a combination of wind energy and renewable energy credits derived from wind energy.〔 In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency honored Swarthmore, Pennsylvania as a Green Power Community — the only one in the Eastern United States - for its commitment to buy clean energy generated from wind turbines in mountainous region of western Pennsylvania.〔(Town in Pennsylvania Catches Wind of Clean Energy Future ) April 7, 2009. Accessed March 2, 2010.〕 In 2012, a coalition of wind farm developers, owner, operators, their supporters, and retail suppliers joined together to form ChoosePAWind. This coalition's goal is to educate Pennsylvanians about the environmental and economic benefits of supplying energy from local wind farms. Many smaller wind farms in Pennsylvania are operated by NextEra Energy Resources, based in Florida.〔(Wind Farms in Pennsylvania ) Pennsylvania Wind Working Group, accessed March 1, 2010.〕 ==Wind farms== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wind power in Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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