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The European Wind Energy Association (now WindEurope) has estimated that 230 gigawatts of wind capacity will be installed in Europe by 2020, consisting of 190 GW onshore and 40 GW offshore. This would produce 14-17% of the EU's electricity, avoiding 333 million tonnes of CO 2 per year and saving Europe €28 billion a year in fuel costs.
Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage in 2023 was 7.8%, up from 7.3% from the prior year. [a] [3] In Europe, wind was 12.3% of generation in 2023. [3] In 2018, upcoming wind power markets rose from 8% to 10% across the Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia, and Africa. [6]
It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore wind farms with notability other than size. As of 2022, Hornsea 2 in the United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 1,386 MW .
Lillgrund Wind Farm is located about 10 km off the coast of southern Sweden, just south of the Öresund Bridge, where average wind speeds are 8 to 10 metres per second (26 to 33 ft/s). With 48 wind turbines ( Siemens SWT-2.3-93) and a capacity of 110 megawatts (MW), Lillgrund is Sweden's largest offshore wind farm . [ 1 ]
This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in Sweden (within the national maritime boundaries). This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, [1] [2] and commercial sources. 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 ...
Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone. An 800-foot tall turbine is now sending electricity onto the grid from a commercial-scale offshore wind farm on ...
Offshore wind power in Europe became price-competitive with conventional power sources in 2017. [7] Offshore wind generation grew at over 30 percent per year in the 2010s. As of 2020, offshore wind power had become a significant part of northern Europe power generation, though it remained less than 1 percent of overall world electricity ...
In 2020, Britain generated as much as 24 percent of its electricity from wind power — enough to supply 18.5 million homes. The United States is way behind. What the windiest nation in Europe can ...