Wind turbines installed

STO-REC-STATQR261BT2 National
28,395

Global · 2025

Wind turbines installed worldwide reached 28,395 in 2025 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 National
Locator
Introduction
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

GWEC’s annual Global Wind Market Development Supply Side Data Report, released to members and subscribers on its Global Market Intelligence platform, shows global wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) installed 28,395 new turbines worldwide in 2025, up 23% on the previous year.

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APA
Global Wind Energy Council. (2025). GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QR261B5DFGD9ZPQ9E2EE4XPSTF
MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2025, https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QR261B5DFGD9ZPQ9E2EE4XPSTF.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2025. https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QR261B5DFGD9ZPQ9E2EE4XPSTF.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2025wind4xpstf, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_QR261B5DFGD9ZPQ9E2EE4XPSTF}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Publisher
Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National Official
Report
GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
Introduction
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification & Integrity

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