The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published the first edition of its annual Global Wind Market Development – Supply Side Data 2018. According to the report, 20,641 wind turbines were installed globally in 2018, with a combined capacity of 50,617 MW. The report finds that over half of the top 15 wind-turbine manufacturers are…

Gender diversity is an essential ingredient for any industry as it drives innovation, opens new pathways for technology deployment, brings valuable perspectives to social and economic development and provides a richer pool of talent for key and emerging industries. Yet, as documented in IRENA’s January 2019 report “Renewable Energy: a Gender Perspective,” the renewables industry continues…

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has called on the government of Taiwan to rethink proposed changes to the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) for offshore wind projects to avoid the costly lessons made by other markets that pursued a similar approach. GWEC has released new data (see GWEC’s information pack attached to this press release for full…

From niche technology, wind energy is now a global success story. The wind industry provides 260,000 quality high-skilled jobs in Europe. On a global scale, that figure is now 1.15 million. Today is Global Wind Day, an opportunity for citizens around the world to learn more about and show their support for wind power. It’s also…

Global Wind Energy Council released its annual market statistics today. The 2017 market remained above 50 GW, with Europe, India and the offshore sector having record years.

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has released its annual market statistics. The results: the 2016 global market hit more than 54 GW, bringing total global installed capacity to nearly 487 GW. The market was led by China, the U.S., Germany, and India, with surprisingly strong showings from France, Turkey, and the Netherlands. The global market was…

The interactive map reveals the cumulative installed capacity per country, continent and the world from 1981 to 2017, and wind power in 2016..

The Global Wind Energy Council has released its biennial Global Wind Energy Outlook, outlining scenarios where wind could supply 20% of global electricity by 2030. The report looks at four scenarios exploring the future of the wind industry out to 2020, 2030, and 2050. “Now that the Paris Agreement is coming into force, countries need to…

By the end of last year, eight countries had more than 10,000 MW of installed capacity including China (145,362 MW), the U.S. (74,471 MW), Germany (44,947 MW), India (25,088 MW), Spain (23,025 MW), UK (13,063 MW), Canada (11,205 MW), and France (10,358 MW). According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), China crossed the 100,000-MW mark…

GWEC reports annual installation growth of 22% year over year to a record 63.5 GW. Cumulative global installs reached 432.9 GW.

Editor’s note: Total global wind capacity reached 432,419 MW at the end of 2015, representing cumulative growth of 17%, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). Record Chinese installations drove the global market past 63 GW. The GWEC released their global wind statistics for 2015. Below is their press release. ~ Powered by an astonishing 30,500 MW…

The Global Wind Energy Council recently launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update in Istanbul. The report details wind power’s remarkable growth in 2014, as well as updating GWEC’s rolling 5 year market projections, which show continued growth for the rest of the decade. Led by China and Brazil in the…

Global wind power capacity could reach 2,000 gigawatts by 2030, supply 17 to 19% of the world’s electricity, create over 2 million jobs and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 3 billion tons a year, according to new analysis released today by the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International. By 2050, wind power…

The following is the introduction to the Global Wind Energy Council annual review written by Secretary General Steve Sawyer and Chairman Klaus Rave of the Global Wind Energy Council. For the first time in more than 20 years, the annual global market for wind energy shrank in 2013. We knew that this was likely to…