Global Wind Energy Council

83 data points extracted from 6 publications by this organisation.

Data points
83
Documents
6
Indicators
65
Regions
12
Publisher type
Industry association

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Documents used

Every publication we have taken a number from, with the date we read it and the link status at that time.

Document Type Published Retrieved Link Data points
GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 49
Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 24
Juliana Kainga appointed GWEC Africa WindPower (AWP) Director Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 5
Wind at the centre of COP31: GWEC and Turkish Wind Energy Association join forces Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 1
EU Commissioner on Fossil Fuels Fallout and How To Ramp Up Renewables Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 2
GWEC backs ‘Electrify Now’ movement to accelerate wind and renewable energy Licence: See source Press release 16 Sep 2026 Reachable 2

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Data points

Every figure taken from this organisation, grouped by indicator.

83 data points across 65 indicators.
IndicatorRegionPeriodValueTypeFull record
Annual wind turbine capacity installed by EnvisionGlobal202521.8 GWactual
Annual wind turbine capacity installed by GoldwindGlobal202529.7 GWactual
Annual wind turbine capacity installed by MingyangGlobal202518.6 GWactual
Annual wind turbine capacity installed by SANYGlobal202515.1 GWactual
Annual wind turbine capacity installed by WindeyGlobal202519.8 GWactual
Average offshore wind turbine sizeGlobal202510,312 kWactual
Average onshore wind turbine sizeGlobal20256,160 kWactual
Average wind turbine sizeGlobal20256 MWactual
China wind turbine market shareChina202567%actual
Chinese OEMs' domestic installation shareChina202593.4%actual
Chinese overseas wind installations share by destination regionEuropean Union20255%actual
Chinese overseas wind installations share by destination regionAsia-Pacific202557%actual
Chinese overseas wind installations share by destination regionAfrica202512%actual
Chinese overseas wind installations share by destination regionLatin America and the Caribbean20258%actual
Chinese overseas wind installations share by destination regionMiddle East202516%actual
Chinese suppliers among top 15 global wind turbine suppliersChina20259actual
Chinese suppliers' share of Chinese wind turbine marketChina2025100%actual
Chinese wind turbine capacity installed outside ChinaChina20259,319 MWactual
Chinese wind turbine capacity suppliedEuropean Union2025446 MWactual
Countries commissioning new wind power projectsGlobal202557actual
Countries using wind powerGlobalas of 15 Jun 2026138actual
Cumulative wind capacity installedGlobal20303 terawattsforecast
Cumulative wind capacity installedGlobal20292 terawattsforecast
Cumulative wind capacity installedGlobal20231 terawattsactual
Cumulative wind turbine capacity installed by EnvisionGlobalend of 2025103 GWactual
Cumulative wind turbine capacity installed by GE VernovaGlobalend of 2025125 GWactual
Cumulative wind turbine capacity installed by GoldwindGlobalend of 2025163 GWactual
Cumulative wind turbine capacity installed by Siemens GamesaGlobalend of 2025148 GWactual
Cumulative wind turbine capacity installed by VestasGlobalend of 2025201 GWactual
Direct drive wind turbine market shareGlobal20254.4%actual
Domestic suppliers' share of wind turbine marketEuropean Union202594.5%actual
Energy transition investmentGlobal20252.3 trillion USDactual
Estimated additional energy bill costs without wind powerUnited Kingdom2010–202314.2 billion GBPestimate
Europe wind turbine market shareEuropean Union202512.3%actual
Forecast average annual new wind power capacityGlobal2026–2030194 gigawattsforecast
Forecast compound annual growth rate of new wind capacityGlobal2026–20305.2%forecast
Forecast new wind power capacity to be commissionedGlobal2026–2030969 gigawattsforecast
Forecast wind technicians requiredGlobal2025–2030628,000 workersforecast
GE Vernova and Vestas combined wind turbine market shareUnited States202593%actual
Geared-drive wind turbine systems market shareGlobal202595.6%actual
Growth rate of energy transition investmentGlobal20258%actual
Growth rate of new wind power capacity addedGlobal202540%actual
Hybrid drive wind turbine market shareGlobal202537%actual
Hybrid drive wind turbine market shareGlobal202429%actual
Installed wind power capacityAfricaas of 5 Jun 202610 billion wattsactual
Installed wind power capacityAfricaas of 1 Jan 20216 billion wattsactual
New wind power capacity installedGlobal2025165 gigawattsactual
New wind power capacity installedBrazil20252.3 gigawattsactual
New wind power capacity installedChina2025120.5 gigawattsactual
New wind power capacity installedGermany20255.7 gigawattsactual
New wind power capacity installedIndia20256.3 gigawattsactual
New wind power capacity installedUnited States20256.9 gigawattsactual
Number of wind turbine manufacturers active globallyGlobal202523actual
Offshore wind savings on imported fuel costsUnited Kingdom2001–202530 billion GBPestimate
Planned wind power capacityAfricaas of 5 Jun 2026200 billion wattsestimate
Renewable energy investmentGlobal20252.2 trillion USDactual
Share of global wind turbine installationsUnited States20258%actual
Share of new renewable projects cheaper than fossil fuelsGlobal202591%actual
Target wind and solar farm permitting durationEuropean Unionas of 27 Mar 20266 monthsestimate
Wind and solar farm permitting durationEuropean Unionas of 27 Mar 20265 yearsactual
Wind capacity growth multipleGlobal2006–202620 multipleactual
Wind energy funding mobilisation growth multipleAfricaas of 1 Jan 202610 billion multipleactual
Wind energy funding mobilisation growth multiple (annual)Africa2021–202610 multipleactual
Wind installed capacityGlobalend of 20251,299 gigawattsactual
Wind power share of electricity mixGlobal20259.5%actual
Wind power share of global electricity demandGlobalas of 23 Jun 202610%estimate
Wind power share of global electricity demandGlobalas of 14 May 20269.5%actual
Wind turbine capacity commissionedChina2025120 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity connected to the gridGlobal2025165 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installedGlobal2025178 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installedChina2025130 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed by Envision outside mainland ChinaGlobal20254.2 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed by GE Vernova outside mainland ChinaGlobal20255.8 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed by Nordex Group outside mainland ChinaGlobal20257.7 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed by Siemens Gamesa outside mainland ChinaGlobal20255.4 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed by Vestas outside mainland ChinaGlobal202512.9 GWactual
Wind turbine capacity installed growth rateGlobal202540%actual
Wind turbine installation growth rateGlobal202523%actual
Wind turbine units installed growth rateGlobal202523%actual
Wind turbines installedGlobal202528,395actual
Wind turbines installedEuropean Union20253,504actual
Wind turbines installedChina202518,291actual
Wind turbines installedUnited States20252,289actual

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