Wind turbine capacity connected to the grid
RecordSTO-YAGPX6KMVM-RCR1CDNJEX-ZGHXZQ
Global · 2025
Wind turbine capacity connected to the grid worldwide was about 165 GW in 2025 (GWEC).
Wind turbine capacity connected to the grid: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Key Data
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Some 165 GW was connected to the grid, while 13 GW of new installations were not yet commissioned.
Checked: the figure 165 GWis 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. (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_YAGPX6KMVMRCR1CDNJEXZGHXZQ
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- 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_YAGPX6KMVMRCR1CDNJEXZGHXZQ.
- 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_YAGPX6KMVMRCR1CDNJEXZGHXZQ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2025windzghxzq, 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_YAGPX6KMVMRCR1CDNJEXZGHXZQ}, 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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Primary source
- Publisher
- Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Key Data
- 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
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_YAGPX6KMVMRCR1CDNJEXZGHXZQ