Wind installed capacity

STO-REC-STAT20V0JMT2 National
1,299gigawatts

Global · end of 2025

Wind installed capacity worldwide reached 1,299 gigawatts at end of 2025 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Wind power made up 9.5% of the global electricity mix in 2025[2], with wind installed capacity reaching 1,299 gigawatts by end-2025.[3]

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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2025). Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_20V0JMD4SVDWR24JQ3Q87ZCPWS
MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_20V0JMD4SVDWR24JQ3Q87ZCPWS.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2025. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_20V0JMD4SVDWR24JQ3Q87ZCPWS.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2025wind7zcpws, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_20V0JMD4SVDWR24JQ3Q87ZCPWS}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary Source

Publisher
Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_20V0JMD4SVDWR24JQ3Q87ZCPWS