- The GWEC report said capacity installation last year was 50 per cent higher than the previous year.
- Cumulative wind power capacity passed 1 TW for the first time last year.
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) report said capacity installation last year was 50 per cent higher than the previous year.
According to the report, the global wind industry installed a record 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity last year, but to meet climate targets, it needs to add to this amount annually by the end of the decade.
Last year, new onshore wind installations accounted for 106 GW of installed, while offshore wind installations accounted for 10.8 GW. GWEC expects 158 GW of new wind installations to be added annually until 2028.
The report added that to meet targets agreed under a global climate pact, the industry must install at least 320 GW annually by 2030, bringing cumulative capacity to 3 terawatts (TW).
Cumulative wind power capacity passed 1 TW for the first time last year.
GWEC‘s Chief Executive, Ben Backwell, said, “It took us over 40 years to reach the 1 TW mark of worldwide installed wind power. We now have just seven years to install the next 2 TW.”
China was the top market for wind installations, followed by the United States, Brazil, Germany, and India.
China set a new record with 75 GW of new installations commissioned, representing nearly 65 per cent of the global population. At the same time, Latin America experienced record growth of 21 per cent from the previous year, led by Brazil, which had 4.8 GW of new installations.