The United States generated 20 percent less wind power in 2021, a new analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence learned. According to the report, wind developers added 12.9 gigawatts of new capacity last year, down from the record 16 GW of wind capacity that was developed in 2020. Nearly one-third of new wind developments went online in the fourth quarter. This included approximately 80 megawatts in Texas, where about one-fifth of the state’s power grid is created with renewable energy. NextEra Energy’s Texas-based White Mesa Wind Energy Center was the largest wind power plant project completed in the October-to-December period in the country. Researchers noted that 11.4 GW of solar, wind, and battery storage projects had to be postponed because of supply chain challenges, logistics issues, and global trade barriers. Despite the tough hurdles to climb, S&P anticipated in the report that America’s wind industry will stage a rebound in …