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GLOBAL INSTALLED WIND POWER CAPACITY (MW) – REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
End 2014
New 2015
Total End 2015
South Africa
Morocco
Egypt
Tunisia
Ethiopia
Jordan
Other1
Total
570
787
610
245
171
2
151
2,536
483
153
117
753
1,053
787
610
245
324
119
151
3,289
PR China**
India
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Pakistan
Thailand
Philippines
Other2
Total
114,604
22,465
2,794
610
633
256
223
216
167
141,968
30,500
2,623
245
225
14
33,606
145,104
25,088
3,038
835
647
256
223
216
167
175,573
Germany
Spain
UK
France
Italy
Sweden
Poland
Portugal
Denmark
Turkey
Netherlands
Romania
Ireland
Austria
Belgium
Rest of Europe3
Total Europe
of which EU-284
39,128
23,025
12,633
9,285
8,663
5,425
3,834
4,947
4,881
3,738
2,865
2,953
2,262
2,089
1,959
6,564
134,251
129,060
6,013
975
1,073
295
615
1,266
132
217
956
586
23
224
323
274
833
13,805
12,800
44,947
23,025
13,603
10,358
8,958
6,025
5,100
5,079
5,063
4,694
3,431
2,976
2,486
2,411
2,229
7,387
147,771
141,578
Brazil*
Chile
Uruguay
Argentina
Panama
Costa Rica
Honduras
Peru
Guatemala
Caribbean5
Others6
Total
5,962
764
529
271
35
198
126
148
250
285
8,568
2,754
169
316
8
235
70
50
50
3,652
8,715
933
845
279
270
268
176
148
50
250
285
12,220
USA
Canada
Mexico
Total
65,877
9,694
2,359
77,930
8,598
1,506
714
10,817
74,471
11,200
3,073
88,744
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific Islands
Total
3,807
623
12
4,442
380
380
4,187
623
12
4,822
World total
369,695
63,013
432,419
AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
ASIA
EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
NORTH AMERICA
PACIFIC REGION
Source: GWEC
1Algeria, Cape Verde, Iran, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria
2Bangladesh, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
3Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Faroe Islands, FYROM, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
4Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
5Caribbean: Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Cuba, Dominica, Guadalupe, Jamaica, Martinica, Granada, St. Kitts and Nevis
6Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela
Note: Project decommissioning of approximately 290 MW and rounding affect the final sums
*Projects fully commissioned, grid connections pending in some cases
**Provisional figure
GLOBAL ANNUAL INSTALLED WIND CAPACITY 2000-2015
70,000 MW
63,013
60,000
51,746
50,000
40,000
20,000
0
39,058
40,628
2009
2010
2011
35,796
26,874
30,000
10,000
38,445
45,034
3,760
6,500
7,270
8,133
8,207
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
11,531
2005
14,703
2006
20,310
2007
2008
2012
2013
2014
2015
Source: GWEC
GLOBAL CUMULATIVE INSTALLED WIND CAPACITY 2000-2015
450,000 MW
432,419
400,000
369,695
350,000
300,000
282,842
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
23,900
31,100
39,431
47,620
59,091
73,957
50,000 17,400
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
93,924
2007
159,016
120,690
2008
2009
197,946
2010
318,458
238,089
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Source: GWEC
TOP 10 NEW INSTALLED CAPACITY JAN-DEC 2015
Turkey
Rest of the world
TOP 10 CUMULATIVE CAPACITY DEC 2015
PR China
Rest of the world
PR China
United
Kingdom
France
Poland
Brazil
Canada
Italy
France
India
Canada
United
Kingdom
Brazil
Spain
India
USA
Germany
Country
PR China**
USA
Germany
Brazil
India
Canada
Poland
France
United Kingdom
Turkey
Rest of the world
Total TOP 10
World Total
MW
30,500
8,598
6,013
2,754
2,623
1,506
1,266
1,073
975
956
6,749
56,264
63,013
% Share
48.4
13.6
9.5
4.4
4.2
2.4
2.0
1.7
1.5
1.5
10.7
89
100
Source: GWEC
**Provisional figure
USA
Germany
Country
PR China**
USA
Germany
India
Spain
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Italy
Brazil
Rest of the world
Total TOP 10
World Total
MW
145,104
74,471
44,947
25,088
23,025
13,603
11,200
10,358
8,958
8,715
66,951
365,468
432,419
% Share
33.6
17.2
10.4
5.8
5.3
3.1
2.6
2.4
2.1
2.0
15.5
84.5
100
Source: GWEC
ANNUAL INSTALLED CAPACITY BY REGION 2007-2015
35,000 MW
2007
2008
2010
2009
2011
2012
2013
2015
2014
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
Asia
Africa & Middle East
Europe
Latin America
North America
Pacific Region
Source: GWEC
ANNUAL CUMULATIVE CAPACITY (2011-2015)
GLOBAL CUMULATIVE OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY IN 2015
14,000 MW
5,000 MW
12,000
Cumulative Capacity 2014
12,105
10,000
Cumulative Capacity 2015
8,728
8,000
4,000
7,046
6,000
4,000
5,415
4,117
2,000
3,000
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2,000
1,000
0
UK Germany Denmark PR
PR China BelgiumNetherlands
Netherlands
Total 2014 4,500
1,012
1,271
658
712
247
New 2015
566
2,282
0
361
0
180
Total 2015 5,061
3,295
1,271
1,018
712
427
Sweden
212
0
202
Japan
50
3
53
Finland
26
0
26
Ireland
25
0
25
S Korea
5
0
5
Spain
5
0
5
Norway Portugal
2
2
0
0
2
2
US
0.02
0
0.02
Total
8,728
3,392
12,105
Source: GWEC
Note: Sweden and UK had decommissioning of 10MW and 6MW offshore capacity respectively
Rounding affects the final sums
For more information, please contact:
LAUHA FRIED
Communications Director
GLOBAL WIND ENERGY COUNCIL
Tel
+ 32 2 213 18 98
Mob: + 32 477 364 251
Email:lauha.fried@gwec.net
GLOBAL WIND ENERGY COUNCIL
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