This report, authored primarily by Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, provides a comprehensive overview of trends in the U.S. wind power market, with a particular focus on 2008. Drawing from a variety of sources, this report provides the latest information on a variety of topics, including:

Wind project installation trends
Wind industry development
Evolution of wind power sales prices
Price comparison of wind and fossil fuel power generation
Installed wind project costs
Wind turbine prices
Wind project performance
Operation and maintenance cost trends
Integration, transmission, and policy developments
Future outlook
This report provides the most comprehensive summary and analysis of data on project-level wind power pricing, installed project costs, O&M expenses, and wind project performance to date.