| Sales of Hybrid Cars in the United States, 1999-2004 |
| Year |
Sales |
| |
(number) |
| 1999 |
17 |
| 2000 |
6,479 |
| 2001 |
19,033 |
| 2002 |
34,521 |
| 2003 |
43,435 |
| 2004 (est.) |
90,000 |
|
| Source:
1999 is estimate by automakers and Automotive News, cited in "Hybrid Car Sales, Demand Picking Up," Contra Costa Times, 4 January 2003; U.S. Department of Energy, "Hybrid Vehicle Registrations," FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program, fact sheet, 31 May 2004; 2004 is author's estimate based on various sources. |
| Cost of Wind-powered Electricity in the United States, 1982-2003 |
| Year |
Cost Per Kilowatt-hour |
| |
(cents) |
| 1982 |
38 |
| 1989 |
18 |
| 2003 |
4 |
|
| Source: Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, "Wind Power Update," viewed 19 June 2002. |
| World Wind Energy Generating Capacity, 1980-2003 |
| Year |
World |
Annual Rate of Growth |
Annual Additions |
| |
(megawatts) |
(percent) |
(megawatts) |
| 1980 |
10 |
|
5 |
| 1981 |
25 |
|
15 |
| 1982 |
90 |
|
65 |
| 1983 |
210 |
|
120 |
| 1984 |
600 |
|
390 |
| 1985 |
1,020 |
|
420 |
| 1986 |
1,270 |
24 |
250 |
| 1987 |
1,450 |
14 |
180 |
| 1988 |
1,580 |
9 |
130 |
| 1989 |
1,730 |
10 |
150 |
| 1990 |
1,930 |
12 |
200 |
| 1991 |
2,170 |
12 |
240 |
| 1992 |
2,510 |
16 |
340 |
| 1993 |
2,990 |
19 |
480 |
| 1994 |
3,488 |
17 |
498 |
| 1995 |
4,778 |
37 |
1,290 |
| 1996 |
6,104 |
28 |
1,326 |
| 1997 |
7,636 |
25 |
1,532 |
| 1998 |
10,153 |
33 |
2,517 |
| 1999 |
13,594 |
34 |
3,441 |
| 2000 |
17,890 |
32 |
4,296 |
| 2001 |
24,390 |
36 |
6,500 |
| 2002 |
31,128 |
28 |
6,738 |
| 2003 |
39,294 |
26 |
8,133 |
|
| Source: Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001), pp. 45-46; updated by Earth Policy Institute from American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Global Wind Energy Market Reports (Washington, DC: March 2002 and March 2003); European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Europe's Installed Wind Capacity, (Brussels: June 2003) . |
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