Cumulative wind capacity installed

STO-REC-STAT65KVJMT2 National
2terawatts
forecast

Global · 2029

GWEC projects cumulative wind capacity installed worldwide at 2 terawatts in 2029.

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
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.

Verbatim extraction verified: The figure 2 terawatts is directly attested in the quoted passage (6. To Meet Demand, the Workforce is Growing Rapidly).

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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
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 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 & Integrity

Audit status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Archival URI
/stat/stat_65KVJM483V7AF6B52VH5EA0M2E