Wind in power
2015 European statistics
February 2016
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WIND IN POWER: 2015 EUROPEAN STATISTICS
Contents
Executive summary ............................................................................... 3
2015 annual installations ....................................................................... 5
Wind power capacity installations .................................................. 5
Power capacity installations .......................................................... 6
Renewable power capacity installations ......................................... 7
Trends and cumulative installations .........................................................
Renewable power installations ......................................................
Net changes in EU installed power capacity 2000-2015 ..................
Total installed power capacity ........................................................
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A closer look at wind power installations .................................................
Total installed power capacity ........................................................
National breakdown of wind power installations ..............................
Onshore and offshore annual markets ...........................................
Cumulative wind power installations ..............................................
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Wind power penetration.......................................................................... 12
Investment highlights: trends and developments in 2015........................... 13
Data collection and analysis
Giorgio Corbetta, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)
Ariola Mbistrova (EWEA)
Andrew Ho (EWEA)
Editor: Iván Pineda (EWEA)
Revision: Kristian Ruby (EWEA)
Data sources
Clean Energy Pipeline, January 2016
Platts PowerVision, January 2016
EWEA, wind energy data
OEE, ocean energy data
EPIA, solar PV data
ESTELA, CSP data
EWEA acknowledges the kind cooperation of
the following National Associations and institutions:
IG Windkraft (AT) – BOP, EDORA and ODE (BE) - BGWEA (BG) - RP Global Projekti (HR) - K. Ellinas Energy (CY) - CSVE (CZ)– DWIA
(DK) – Tuulenergia (EE) – SEV (FO) – Suomen Tuulivoimayhdistys ry (FI) – France Énergie Éolienne and Syndicat des Énergies
Renouvelables (FR) – BWE, VDMA and Stiftung Offshore Windenergie (DE) – HWEA (EL) – HWIA (HU) – IWEA (IE) – Landsvirkjun
(IS) –ANEV and assoRinnovabili (IT) - LWEA (LV) – LWPA (LT) – Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar (HR) – Ministry of Sustainable
Development and Infrastructures (LU) – NWEA (NL) – PWEA (PL) – APREN (PT) – NorWEA (NO) - RWEA (RO) – Continental Wind
Partners (SRB) – Slovak Renewable Energy Agency (SK) – University of Maribor (SI) – RAWI (RS) – Svenskvindenergi (SE) – AEE
(ES) - Suisse Eole (CH) – TÜREB (TK) – UWEA (UA) – RenewableUK (UK).
Photo cover: Courtesy of GE Renewable Energy
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Executive summary
2015 •12,800 MW of wind power capacity was installed and grid-connected in the EU
annual during 2015, an increase of 6.3% on 2014 installations. 9,766 MW were installed
installations onshore and 3,034 MW offshore.
•Wind power installed more than any other form of power generation in 2015. Wind
power accounted for 44.2% of total 2015 power capacity installations.
•Renewable energy accounted for 77% of all new EU power installations in 2015:
22.3 GW of a total 29 GW.
•Big variations between countries in their 2015 new installations reflect the relative
effectiveness of policy and regulatory frameworks and uncertainty over future
energy policy in EU Member States.
Trends •There is now 142 GW of installed wind power capacity in the EU: 131 GW onshore
and total and 11 GW offshore.
installations •The EU total installed power capacity increased by 11 GW net in 2015 to 908 GW.
•Wind energy has overtaken hydro as the third largest source of power generation
in the EU with a 15.6% share of total power capacity.
•Wind power accounts for one third of all new power installations since 2000
in the EU.
•Conventional power sources such as fuel oil and coal continue to decommission
more capacity than they install. Gas installations also saw a high rate of capacity
decommissioning in 2015.
Wind • Germany remains the EU country with the largest installed capacity (45 GW),
power followed by Spain (23 GW), the UK (14 GW) and France (10 GW). 16 EU countries
installations have over 1 GW wind power capacity installed, nine of these have more than 5 GW.
•47% of all new installations in 2015 took place in just one country: Germany.
Poland, France and the UK followed with 1.3 GW, 1 GW and 970 MW respectively.
•The total wind power capacity installed at the end of 2015 could produce 315 TWh
and cover 11.4% of the EU electricity consumption in a normal wind year.
•€26.4 billion was invested in Europe in 2015 to finance wind energy development.
This was 40% more than the total investment in 2014.
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FINLAND
1
SWEDEN
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Wind power installed in Europe by end of
2015 (cumulative,
GW)
WIND IN POWER: 2015
EUROPEAN STATISTICS
NORWAY
0.8
RUSSIA
0.02
ESTONIA
0.3
LATVIA
0.1
DENMARK
5.1
IRELAND*
2.5
FAROE ISLANDS*
0.02
UNITED
KINGDOM
13.6
LITHUANIA
0.4
BELARUS
0.003
NETHERLANDS
3,.4
POLAND
5.1
GERMANY
45
BELGIUM
2,2
CZECH
REPUBLIC
0.3
LUXEMBOURG
0.1
FRANCE
10.4
SWITZERLAND
0.06
SLOVAKIA
0.003
AUSTRIA
2.4
HUNGARY
0.3
SLOVENIA
0.003
CROATIA
0.4
ROMANIA
3
SERBIA
0.01
BULGARIA
0.7
ITALY
9
PORTUGAL
5.1
UKRAINE
0.5
FYROM
0.04
SPAIN
23
TURKEY
4.7
GREECE
2.2
MALTA
-
Installed End 2014 Installed End 2015
2014
2015
EU Capacity (MW)
405
2,089.2
323
2,411.5
Austria
293.5
1,958.7
274.2
2,228.7
Belgium
10.1
691.2
691.2
Bulgaria
85.7
346.5
76.2
422.7
Croatia
146.7
10.8
157.5
Cyprus
14
281.5
281.5
Czech Republic
104.9
4,881.7
216.8
5,063.8
Denmark
22.8
302.7
0.7
303.4
Estonia
184.3
626.7
379.4
1,000.5
Finland
1,042.1
9,285.1
1,073.1
10,358.2
France
5,242.5
39,127.9
6,013.4
44,946.1
Germany
113.9
1,979.9
172.2
2,151.7
Greece
328.9
328.9
Hungary
213.0
2,262.3
224
2,486.3
Ireland*
107.5
8,662.8
295
8,957.8
Italy
0.4
61.7
61.7
Latvia
0.5
279.6
144.7
424.3
Lithuania
58.3
58.3
Luxembourg
Malta
175
2,865
586
3,431
Netherlands
444.3
3,833.8
1,266.2
5,100
Poland
222
4,947
132
5,079
Portugal
354
2,952.9
23
2,975.9
Romania
3.1
3.1
Slovakia
0.9
3.4
3.4
Slovenia
27.5
23,025.3
23,025.3
Spain
1,050.2
5,424.8
614.5
6,024.8
Sweden
1,923.4
12,633.4
975.1
13,602.5
UK
Total EU-28
12,037.4
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129,060.1
12,800.2 141,578.8
European Union: 141,579 MW
Candidate Countries: 4,741 MW
EFTA: 901 MW
Total Europe: 147,772 MW
Installed 2014
Candidate Countries (MW)
FYROM
37
Serbia
Turkey
804
Total
841
EFTA (MW)
Iceland
1.2
Liechtenstein
Norway
48.0
Switzerland
Total
Other (MW)
Belarus
Faroe Islands
Russia
Ukraine
Total
Total Europe
End 2014
CYPRUS
0.2
Installed 2015
End 2015
37
3,738
3,775
9.9
956
965.9
37
9.9
4,694
4,740.9
3
819.3
60.4
22.5
-
3
837.6
60.4
49.2
882.7
22.5
901
11.7
126.3
138.0
13,065.6
3.4
18.3
15.4
497.5
534.7
134,252.7
16.6
16.6
13,805.2
3.4
18.3
15.4
514.1
551.3
147,772
* Provisional data
Note: Annual installations figures reflect the total new capacity added in one year. As such, they
are gross figures, not including decommissioning. Cumulative capacity figures are net, including
decommissioning year over year. Due to 281 MW of decommissioned capacity, the total 2015
end-of-year cumulative capacity is not exactly equivalent to the sum of the 2014 end-of-year
total plus the 2015 annual additions.
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2015 annual installations
Wind power capacity installations
During 2015, 13,805.2 MW of wind power was installed
across Europe, 5.4% more than in the previous year.
12,800.2 MW of it was in the European Union.
Of the capacity installed in the EU, 9,765.7 MW
was onshore and 3,034.5 MW offshore. In 2015,
the annual onshore market decreased in the EU by
7.8 %, and offshore installations more than doubled
compared to 2014. Overall, EU wind energy annual
installations increased by 6.3% compared to 2014
installations.
Germany was the largest market in 2015 in terms of
annual installations, installing 6,013.4 MW of new
capacity, 2,282.4 MW of which was offshore (38%
of total capacity installed in Germany). Poland came
second with 1,266.4 MW, more than twice the annual
installations in 2014 and one quarter of its national
cumulative capacity at end 2015. France was third
with 1,073.1 MW and the UK fourth with 975.1 MW,
59% of which was offshore (572.1 MW).
Almost half of the new capacity installed in 2015
came from the pioneering markets of Germany and
Denmark. This is mainly due to the stability of the
regulatory frameworks in these countries, which gives
investors visibility on future projects’ cash flows and
favours investments in wind energy.
47% of all new EU installations in 2015 took place in
Germany and 73% occurred in the top four markets, a
similar trend to the one seen in 2014.
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FIGURE 1: EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW WIND
ENERGY CAPACITY INSTALLED DURING 2015 (MW). TOTAL
12,800.2 MW Greece, 172, 1.3%
Lithuania, 145, 1.1%
Denmark, 217, 1.7%
Portugal, 132, 1%
Ireland, 224, 1.7%
Croatia, 76, 0.6%
Belgium, 274, 2.1%
Romania, 23, 0.2%
Italy, 295, 2.3%
Cyprus, 11, 0.1%
Austria
323
2.5%
Estonia, 1, 0.01%
Finland
379
3%
Netherlands
586
4.6%
Sweden
615
4.8%
UK
975
7.6%
Germany
6,013
47%
France
1,073 Poland
8.4% 1,266
9.9%
Offshore wind accounted for 24% of total EU wind
power installations in 2015, double the share of
annual additions in 2014. This confirms the growing
relevance of the offshore wind industry in the
development of wind energy in the EU.
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Power capacity installations
In 2015, 28.9 GW of new power generating capacity
was installed in the EU, 2.4 GW more than in 2014.
FIGURE 2: SHARE OF NEW POWER CAPACITY INSTALLATIONS IN
EU (MW). TOTAL 28,948.7 MW Wind power was the energy technology with the
highest installation rate in 2015: 12.8 GW, accounting
for 44% of all new installations. Solar PV came second
with 8.5 GW (29% of 2015 installations) and coal third
with 4.7 GW (16%).
Gas
1,867
6.4%
Ocean
4
0.01%
Nuclear
100
0.3%
Geothermal
4
0.01%
Waste
119
0.4%
Gas installed 1.9 GW (6.4 % of total installations), CSP
370 MW (1.3%), hydro 238.5 MW (0.8%), biomass
232.4 MW (0.8%), waste 118.5 MW, nuclear 100 MW,
geothermal 4.3 MW and ocean 4.1 MW. Peat and fuel
oil did not install any capacity in 2015.
Coal
4,714
16.3%
Biomass
232
0.8%
Wind
12,800
44.2%
Hydro
238
0.8%
During 2015, Member States decommissioned 8 GW
of coal capacity, 4.3 GW of gas, 3.3 GW of fuel oil, 1.8
GW of nuclear energy capacity, 518 MW of biomass
and 281 MW of wind energy.
Solar PV
8,500
29.4%
CSP
370
1.3%
FIGURE 3: NEW INSTALLED AND DECOMMISSIONED POWER CAPACITY IN EU (MW) 15,000
12,800
10,000
8,500
4,714
5,000
1,867
-
370 -
239 -
(281)
232
119
-
4
-
4
-
-
-
100
-
(518)
(1,825)
-5,000
(8,051)
-10,000
Wind
PV
CSP
Hydro
Biomass Waste
New
6
(3,282)
(4,254)
Geothermal
Ocean
Peat
Coal
Gas
Nuclear
Fuel oil
Decommissioned
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Renewable power capacity installations
In 2015, renewables installations accounted for a total
of 22.3 GW, 77% of all new installed capacity in the
EU. It was, the eighth year in a row where renewables
contributed over 55% of all additional power capacity
in the EU.
FIGURE 4: 2015 SHARE OF NEW RENEWABLE POWER CAPACITY
INSTALLATIONS (MW). TOTAL 22,267.9 MW
Biomass
232
1%
Waste
119
0.5%
Hydro
238
1.1%
Ocean
4
0.01%
CSP
370
1.7%
Geothermal
4
0.01%
Solar PV
8,500
38.2%
Wind
12,800
57.5%
Trends & cumulative installations
Renewable power capacity installations
In 2000, new renewable power capacity installations
totalled a mere 3.6 GW. Since 2010, annual renewable
capacity additions have been between 21 GW and 35
GW, six to ten times higher than in 2000.
The share of renewables in total new power capacity
additions has also surged. In 2000, the 3.6 GW
represented 22.4% of new power capacity installations,
increasing to 22 GW representing 77% in 2015.
443 GW of new power capacity has been installed in
the EU since 2000. Of this, 30% has been wind power
and 58% renewables.
FIGURE 5: ANNUAL INSTALLED CAPACITY (MW) AND RENEWABLE SHARE (%)
50,000
40,000
30,000
2015: 77% RES
20,000
10,000
2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Peat
Fuel oil
Hydro
PV
Waste
Gas
Geothermal
CSP
Nuclear
Coal
Wind
Biomass
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2013 2014 2015
Ocean
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Net changes in EU installed power capacity 1995-2015
Since 1995, the net growth of wind power (137 GW),
gas (120 GW) and solar PV (93 GW) coincided with the
net reduction in fuel oil (down 39 GW), coal (down 32
GW) and nuclear (down 2 GW). The other renewable
technologies (biomass, hydro, waste, CSP, geothermal
and ocean energies) have also been increasing their
installed capacity over the past decade, albeit more
slowly than wind and solar PV.
The EU’s power generation capacity continues to move
away from fuel oil, coal, nuclear and gas to a higher
share of wind, solar PV and other renewables. Since
2013, gas decommissioned more MW than what
it installed but still has the most overall installed
capacity.
FIGURE 6: NET ELECTRICITY GENERATING INSTALLATIONS IN THE EU, 1995-2015 (MW)
140,000
137,530
120,525
120,000
95,350
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
8,920
8,160
4,622
0
3,045
431
265
13
(11,808)
20,000
(32,580)
40,000
60,000
(39,580)
Wind
Gas
PV
Hydro Biomass
CSP
Waste
Geothermal
Peat
Ocean Nuclear
Coal
Fuel oil
Total installed power capacity
Wind power’s share of total installed power capacity
has increased six-fold since 2000, from 2.4% in
2000 to 15.6% in 2015, overtaking hydro as the third
largest power generation capacity in the EU and the
first renewable energy technology in capacity installed.
Over the same period, renewables increased their
share from 24% of total power capacity in 2000 to
44% in 2015.
FIGURE 7: EU POWER MIX 2000 (MW)
FIGURE 8: EU POWER MIX 2015 (MW)
Waste, 2,199, 0.4%
Peat, 1,667, 0.3%
Biomass, 4,568, 0.8%
Wind, 12,887, 2.4%
Ocean, 240, 0.04%
Fuel Oil, 62,166, 11.4%
Solar PV, 12, 0.02%
Coal
133,220
24.4%
Gas
91,922
16.9%
Hydro
112,719
20.7%
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Geothermal, 592, 0.1%
Nuclear
122,966
22.6%
Waste, 4,596, 0.5%
CSP, 4,975, 0.5%
Biomass, 12,140, 1.3%
Peat, 1,808, 0.2%
Fuel Oil, 33,660, 3.7%
Geothermal, 819, 0.1%
Solar PV, 95,350, 10.5%
Ocean, 253, 0.03%
Gas
191,960
21.1%
Nuclear
120,208
13.2%
Hydro
141,073
15.5%
Coal
159,219
17.5%
Wind
141,579
15.6%
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A closer look at wind power installations
Total installed power capacity
Annual wind power installations in the EU have increased steadily over the past 15 years from 3.2 GW in 2000
to 12.8 GW in 2015, a CAGR of 9%.
FIGURE 9: ANNUAL WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS IN EU (GW)
14
12.8
12.1
12.1
12
11.4
10.3
10
9.0
8
9.9
9.8
2010
2011
8.5
7.2
6.5
5.9
6
5.5
5.8
4.4
4
3.2
2
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2012
2013
2014
2015
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National breakdown of wind power installations
2015 showed important variations between countries
in their capacity additions. Germany led with over 6
GW newly installed, reflecting the traditional size and
strength of its wind energy market. Three factors
facilitated growth: effective policies, the connection of
large amounts of offshore capacity installed but not
grid-connected in 2014, and a desire by the industry
to complete installations before Germany moves to
market-based arrangements in 2017. Similarly, Polish
developers made use of existing policies and installed
over 1,200 MW before the new scheme applies in 2016.
By contrast, the lack of political visibility and
ineffective regulations led in some countries to
fewer installations in 2015 than in previous years.
In particular, Spain, which has been a very strong
market, saw new installations fall to zero as a result of
inadequate policies. The wind energy industry suffered
from changing regulations also in Romania. Stable
regulatory frameworks and visibility therefore remain
imperative to provide investors with certainty and
growing wind power in all parts of Europe.
FIGURE 10: EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW WIND ENERGY CAPACITY INSTALLED DURING 2015 (MW). TOTAL 12,800.2 MW
7,000
6,000
6,013
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,266
1,000
0
10
1,073 975
615
586
379
323
295
274
224
217
172
145
132
76
23
11
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Germany
France
Sweden
Finland
Italy
Ireland
Greece
Portugal
Romania
Estonia
Poland
UK
Netherlands
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Lithuania
Croatia
Cyprus
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Onshore and offshore annual markets
New offshore wind installations more than doubled in 2015 compared to 2014, with 3,034.5 MW of new gross
capacity grid-connected. Offshore wind power installations represented 24% of the annual EU wind energy market,
up from 13% in 2014.
FIGURE 11: ANNUAL ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS (MW)
12,000
1,175
10,000
10,892
582
883
9,706
318
8,632
8,000
373
8,115
93
90
170
6,000
90
5,743
10,591
9,900
866
3,035
9,766
8,877
7,097
6,454
5,749
5,186
51
4,000
276
9,006
1,447
1,567
4,377
2,000
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Onshore
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Offshore
Cumulative wind power installations
A total of 141.6 GW is now installed in the European
Union due to a record growth of 9.7 % in 2015. Germany
remains the EU country with the largest installed
capacity, followed by Spain, the UK, France and Italy.
Eleven other EU countries have over 1 GW of installed
capacity: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece,
Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania and
Sweden.
Four of the latter (Sweden, Denmark, Poland and
Portugal), have more than 5 GW installed.
FIGURE 12: CUMULATIVE WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS IN THE EU (GW)
141.6
140
129.1
117.4
120
94.5
100
75.3
80
56.7
60
40
20
0
12.9
2000
17.3
2001
23.1
2002
34.4
40.8
2004
2005
106.5
85.1
65.1
48.0
28.5
2003
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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Germany (44.9 GW) and Spain (23 GW) have the largest
cumulative installed wind energy capacity in Europe.
Together they represent 48% of total EU capacity. The UK,
France and Italy follow with 13.6 GW (9.6% of total EU
capacity), 10.4 GW (7.3%) and 9 GW (6.3%) respectively.
Thanks to this record year in annual installations,
Poland, with 5.1 GW (3.6% of cumulative capacity), is
now the seventh country per capacity installed, having
overtaken Denmark and Portugal.
FIGURE 13: EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY (GW). TOTAL 141.6 GW
50
45
44.9
40
35
30
25
23
20
13.6
15
10.4
10
9
6
5
5.1 5.1 5.1 3.4
3
0
Germany
UK
Spain
Italy
France
Poland
Sweden
2.5 2.4 2.2 2.2
Denmark Romania
Austria
Portugal Netherlands Ireland
Greece
Belgium
0.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0030.003
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Bulgaria
Finland
Croatia
Estonia
Lithuania Hungary
Cyprus
Czech
Republic
Luxem- Slovakia
bourg
Latvia Slovenia
Wind power penetration
The wind energy capacity currently installed in the EU would produce in an average wind year 315 TWh of
electricity, enough to cover 11.4% of the EU’s total electricity consumption1.
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Total EU
electricity
consumption
(TWh)
Onshore
wind energy
production
(TWh)
Offshore
wind energy
production
(TWh)
Wind energy
production
(TWh)
2,770
274.5
40.6
315
Share of EU
Share of EU
consumption
consumption
met by onshore met by offshore
wind
wind (TWh)
9.9%
1.5%
Share of EU
consumption
met by wind
energy
11.4%
Wind energy penetration levels are calculated using average capacity factors onshore and offshore and Eurostat electricity consumption figures (2013). Consequently, table 1 indicates the approximate share of consumption met by the installed wind energy
capacity at the end of 2015. The figure does not represent real wind energy production over a calendar year. The most recent data
(2013) for EU28 final energy consumption of electricity from Eurostat, is 2,770 TWh. Eurostat, online table code [nrg_105a],
extracted on 26 January 2016.
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Investment highlights: trends and developments in 2015
FIGURE 14: TOTAL ANNUAL INVESTMENTS IN WIND ENERGY 2010–2015. FIGURES INCLUDE INVESTMENTS IN NEW ASSETS (€ BN)
30
25
40%
20
30%
-23%
15
-8%
24%
10
5
-
2010
2011
2012
Onshore Wind
2015 was a record year for investments in the wind
energy sector. Financial commitments in new assets
reached a total of €26.4 billion (bn), a 40% increase
from 2014. While investments in new onshore wind
2013
2014
2015
Offshore Wind
generating assets increased by 6.3% in 2015, those
in the offshore wind sector doubled compared to the
previous year. In total, 9.7 GW of new gross capacity
was financed.
FIGURE 15: INVESTMENTS IN THE WIND ENERGY SECTOR IN 2015.
FIGURES INCLUDE INVESTMENTS IN NEW ASSETS (€ MILLION)
UK
12,598
Germany
1,388
Finland
949
Belgium
918
Italy
915
Turkey
822
Poland
648
Sweden
557
Ireland
513
Austria
483
Others
2,000
Biogas
860
2%
Biofuels
801
2%
Other renewables
642
2%
Biomass
2,466
6%
Solar PV
5,872
15%
Offshore Wind
13,251
34%
Onshore Wind
13,121
33%
1,260
-
Hydro
900
2%
Geothermal
1,366
4%
5,323
France
FIGURE 16: CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN 2015 (€ MILLION)
6,000
10,000
14,000
The UK had the highest level of investments in 2015,
attracting €12.6 bn for the construction of new onshore
and offshore wind farms. This accounts for 48% of the
total investments made in 2015.
THE EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION
66.7% of the new financial commitments in 2015
for renewable energies went to the wind power
sector, followed by solar PV (15%), biomass (6%) and
geothermal technologies (4%).
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