Wind power by the numbers
1/10/2009
Total wind farms: 4
Total installed capacity to date: 496 megawatts
Total wind farms under construction or planned: At least five
Total wind energy capacity: 2,585 megawatts
N.M. rank in national wind energy potential: 12
Potential wind energy capacity (conservative estimate): 11,600 megawatts (116 billion kilowatts)
Source: American Wind Energy Association and New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory