Forecast new wind power capacity to be commissioned

RecordSTO-9WWKG63VCE-C47JDGHJAD-VHD8S7

969gigawatts
forecast

Global · 2026–2030

GWEC projects new wind power capacity to be commissioned worldwide at 969 gigawatts in 2026–2030.

Original source
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

In the next five years between 2026 and 2030, GWEC projects a total of 969 GW of new wind capacity is expected to be commissioned around the world.

Checked: the figure 969 gigawatts is stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

Global Wind Energy Council. (2030). 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_9WWKG63VCEC47JDGHJADVHD8S7

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MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2030, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9WWKG63VCEC47JDGHJADVHD8S7.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2030. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9WWKG63VCEC47JDGHJADVHD8S7.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2030forecastvhd8s7, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_9WWKG63VCEC47JDGHJADVHD8S7}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-9WWKG63VCE-C47JDGHJAD-VHD8S7 T2 Official

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:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_9WWKG63VCEC47JDGHJADVHD8S7