A report out this week from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) shows an impressive 6.1 GW of fresh planned wind farms in Q1 2019 – this compares with a total of 7.8 GW actually installed throughout 2018 (Irena figures). However the sign up rate and the install rate, although they have to eventually catch up with one another, are not the same thing. The AWEA says that only 841 MW came online during the quarter, so unless that rate accelerates, this year will fall somewhat behind the 2018 figure. We presume that the Q1 slow run rate relates to supply chain, civil permissions and skilled labor and reading the other AWEA numbers it looks likely to accelerate. The report…