New wind power capacity installed

STO-REC-STAT6FVV5CT2 National
5.7gigawatts

Germany · 2025

New wind power capacity installed in Germany totalled 5.7 gigawatts in 2025 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
2. We've Seen Record Growth in Recent Years
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The United States installed the next largest amount of wind power, at 6.9 GW, followed by India (6.3 GW), Germany (5.7 GW) and Brazil (2.3 GW).

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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_6FVV5C9JN8NMQ3YQAMT882X1QY
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_6FVV5C9JN8NMQ3YQAMT882X1QY.
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_6FVV5C9JN8NMQ3YQAMT882X1QY.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2025wind82x1qy, 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_6FVV5C9JN8NMQ3YQAMT882X1QY}, 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
2. We've Seen Record Growth in Recent Years
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_6FVV5C9JN8NMQ3YQAMT882X1QY