Wind power in Nevada

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The U.S. state of Nevada has a quite limited potential capacity for onshore wind power generation, ranking 29th among the states. The NREL estimates[http://www.nrel.gov/gis/re_potential.html Renewable Energy Technical Potential] that the potential for 7.2 GW of wind generation capacity exists in Nevada, which could generate 17,709 GW·h per year (roughly 60% of the state's electric demand{{cite web

| url=http://www.awea.org/Resources/state.aspx?ItemNumber=5204

| title=State Wind Energy Statistics: Nevada }}).

As of 2016 Nevada has just 152 MW installed in one farm, the Spring Valley Wind project, which commenced operation in 2012.{{cite web

| url=http://www.elynews.com/news/article_ac2ccea6-e25f-11e1-8d61-0019bb2963f4.html

| title=Spring Valley Wind Farm celebrates opening

| date = August 9, 2012 | publisher = The Ely Times }}{{cite web|title=Nevada Wind Energy|url=http://awea.files.cms-plus.com/FileDownloads/pdfs/Nevada.pdf|website=U.S. Wind Energy State Facts|publisher=American Wind Energy Association|access-date=27 December 2017}} Wind power was responsible for 0.9% of in-state electricity produced in 2016.