Wind power share of global electricity demand
RecordSTO-1JFBD0NFX1-GSH60C3YTD-37DQM5
Global · as of 14 May 2026
Wind power share of global electricity demand was 9.5% as of 14 May 2026 (GWEC).
Wind power share of global electricity demand: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- CEO quote
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
With wind power meeting 9.5% of global electricity demand today, we see enormous potential for wind manufacturers from all regions to continue to expand and grow their operations across existing and emerging markets.
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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2026). GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1JFBD0NFX1GSH60C3YTD37DQM5
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2026, https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1JFBD0NFX1GSH60C3YTD37DQM5.
- Chicago
- Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2026. https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1JFBD0NFX1GSH60C3YTD37DQM5.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2026wind37dqm5, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1JFBD0NFX1GSH60C3YTD37DQM5}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- CEO quote
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_1JFBD0NFX1GSH60C3YTD37DQM5