Cumulative wind capacity installed
RecordSTO-65KVJM483V-7AF6B52VH5-EA0M2E
Global · 2029
GWEC projects cumulative wind capacity installed worldwide at 2 terawatts in 2029.
Cumulative wind capacity installed: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- 6. To Meet Demand, the Workforce is Growing Rapidly
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Global wind capacity is now projected expected to surpass the historic 2 Terawatts milestone by 2029 – just six years after passing 1 Terawatt in 2023.
Checked: the figure 2 terawattsis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
Cite this figure
APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2029). 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_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2029, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E.
- Chicago
- Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2029. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2029cumulativeea0m2e, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2029}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E}, 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 and industry official
- Report
- Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- 6. To Meet Demand, the Workforce is Growing Rapidly
- 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_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E