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U.S. wind power generation 2000-2017

U.S. wind electricity net generation from 2000 to 2017 (in billion kilowatt hours)

The data describes the net generation of wind power in the U.S. between 2000 and 2017. In 2017, around 254 billion kilowatt hours of wind electricity were generated here. That year, wind power was the biggest non-hydroelectric renewable energy source in the United States

2000 5.59
2001 6.74
2002 10.35
2003 11.19
2004 14.14
2005 17.81
2006 26.59
2007 34.45
2008 55.36
2009 73.89
2010 94.65
2011 120.18
2012 140.82
2013 167.84
2014 181.66
2015 190.72
2016 227
2017 254.25