Check out the following information graphic, prepared by The New York Times based on data provided by the American Wind Energy Association: [singlepic=248,419,391,,right] This graphic accompanied Clifford Krauss’s

article “Move Over Oil, There’s Money in Texas Wind

,” in yesterday’s paper.

More on Krauss’s excellent article in another post – but – if you’re also aware that Krauss reported a 45% increase in wind-energy production from 2006 to 2007 – and have that in mind while looking at this chart – this is very good news. If we were to continue at this rate, it would mean a doubling of capacity would occur in slightly over two years.

This is part of a Times series called The Energy Challenge. Check out this series, and you can see that the Times has, perhaps slowly but steadily, been providing good, detailed coverage of energy issues; look closely at the bylines, and it’s apparent that the Times has assigned some of its best reporters to covering energy issues. (As to the chart – which is only credited “The New York Times” – we suspect that Khoi Vinh may have had something to do with it. Why the infographic designer, as who, as much as the reporter and her/his editors, has interpretive responsibility, gets no byline, we don’t understand).