2019: The 2nd Biggest Year for Wind Energy

Global wind energy

• up 19% (60.4 gigawatts) in 2019 compared to 2018
• total capacity now 651 GW
• a record 6.1 GW or 10% of new offshore wind farm installations
• Europe saw 30% year-on-year growth in the onshore market

World’s largest wind energy capacity by country

• largest onshore – China & the US 
• largest cumulative offshore – UK 
• largest in new offshore- China

What needs to happen to reach Paris Agreement Objectives?

installation of 100 GW of wind energy annually over the next decade

Electrek | EGEB: 2019 was the second-biggest year in history for wind power