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China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity in 2023. [3] Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world. [4] Denmark produced 58% of its electricity from wind in 2023, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022. [3]
Europe is the world leader in offshore wind power, with the first offshore wind farm being installed in Denmark in 1991. [16] In 2009, the average nameplate capacity of an offshore wind turbine in Europe was about 3 MW, and the capacity of future turbines was expected to increase to 5 MW. [16]
Area chart showing power generation capacity of offshore windfarms (incl. floating windfarms), compared to new land+offshore capacity that the International Energy Agency said would be needed annually from 2030-2050 to meet "Net Zero by 2050"
This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, [1] [2] and primarily the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database and is current up to July 2015. The name of the Wind Farm is the name used by the Energy Company when referring to the Farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.
The total offshore wind power capacity installed in the United Kingdom at the start of 2022 was 11.3 GW. By 2023, the United Kingdom had over 11,000 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW): 15 GW onshore and 15 GW offshore, [2] The UK has set a target to have 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. [3]
All the most powerful turbines are offshore wind turbines. This list also includes the most powerful onshore wind turbines, although they are relatively small compared to the largest offshore ones. As of June 2024, the most powerful wind turbine in operation is the world's first 18MW semi-direct drive offshore wind turbine, developed by ...
The Global Wind Atlas was relaunched in November 2017 (version 2.0) in partnership with the World Bank, with wind resource maps now available for all countries at 250m resolution. Another similar international example is the European Wind Atlas , which is in the process of being updated under the New European Wind Atlas project funded by the ...
English: Horizontal bar chart showing % share of electricity generated by wind power, by country - Ember Review data Source: Global Electricity Review 2022. Ember 27 (March 2022). Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Source says: "2021 data used where available, else 2020."