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Since 2010, more than half of all new wind power was added outside the traditional markets of Europe and North America, mainly driven by the continuing boom in China and India. China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity by 2022. [3] Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world. [4]
As of December 2017, Enercon had installed more than 26,300 wind turbines, with a power generating capacity exceeding 43 GW. [4] The most-often installed model is the E-40, which pioneered the gearbox-less design in 1993. [5] As of July 2011, Enercon has a market share of 7.2% world-wide (fifth-highest) and 59.2% in Germany. [6]
Wind turbines have some of the lowest global warming potential per unit of electricity generated: far less greenhouse gas is emitted than for the average unit of electricity, so wind power helps limit climate change. [3] Wind power consumes no fuel, and emits no air pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources. The energy consumed to manufacture ...
The 2010 South China floods began in early May 2010. [269] [270] [271] 392 people died and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30, 2010; [272] [273] this included 57 people in a landslide in Guizhou. 53 of the deaths occurred from the flooding and landslides between May 31 and June 3, [274] and 266 deaths occurred between June ...
Denmark isn't far behind, supplying 22% of its power from wind in 2010 (26% in an average wind year). The Extremadura region of Spain is getting up to 25% of its electricity from solar, while the whole country meets 16% of its demand from wind. Just during 2005–2010, Portugal vaulted from 17% to 45% renewable electricity. [15]
As of 2017, Wyoming remained heavily dependent on the coal industry, from which derived 40% of U.S. coal. [10] With public support, the state government eliminated its sales-and-use tax exemption for utility-scale renewable-energy equipment in 2009 and imposed a $1 per megawatt-hour tax on wind power in 2010. [2] A tax increase may impact the ...
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In 2020, Boris Johnson pledged that, by the end of the decade, offshore wind would generate enough energy to power every UK home. [13] In 2013, the 175-turbine London Array wind farm, located off the Kent coast, became the largest offshore wind farm in the world; this was surpassed in 2018 by the Walney 3 Extension.