“[T]he Netherlands established an Integral Wind Energy Program in 1986. Program activities are now designed to encourage installation of 150 MW of wind-energy capacity by 1991 and 1000 MW by 2000.”

— Source: Solar Energy Research Institute, Wind Energy Technical Information Guide, 1989

In this case, they weren’t so far off. The Netherlands reached 1,000 megawatts of wind power in 2004, according to the European Wind Energy Association.

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