Wind capacity

STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT1 Official
179gigawatts
forecast

United States · 2027

EIA projects wind capacity in United States at 179 gigawatts in 2027.

Original source
Publisher
EIA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Electricity, Coal and Renewables
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

U.S. wind capacity (gigawatts) 152 159 170 179

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APA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2027). Short-Term Energy Outlook. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRA
MLA
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2027, https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRA.
Chicago
U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Short-Term Energy Outlook." 2027. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRA.
BibTeX
@misc{eia2027windmbjpra, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {Short-Term Energy Outlook}, year = {2027}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRA}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/electricity.php. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Short-Term Energy Outlook
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Electricity, Coal and Renewables
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
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Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPRA