Wind capacity growth multiple

RecordSTO-YAW3NQY0V4-12FGXX4EXS-H3JW4G

more than20multiple

Global · 1 Jan 2006 to 15 Jun 2026

Wind capacity growth multiple worldwide was more than 20 multiple between 1 January 2006 and 15 June 2026 (GWEC).

Original source
Publisher
GWEC
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

In the 20 years since GWEC was founded, global wind capacity has grown more than twenty-fold.

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APA

Global Wind Energy Council. (2026). 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_YAW3NQY0V412FGXX4EXSH3JW4G

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MLA
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2026, https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_YAW3NQY0V412FGXX4EXSH3JW4G.
Chicago
Global Wind Energy Council. "Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind." 2026. https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_YAW3NQY0V412FGXX4EXSH3JW4G.
BibTeX
@misc{gwec2026windh3jw4g, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {Global Wind Day 2026: Fast Facts about Wind}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_YAW3NQY0V412FGXX4EXSH3JW4G}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/globalwindday-2026. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-YAW3NQY0V4-12FGXX4EXS-H3JW4G 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
1. Wind is Now a Mainstream Source of Electricity
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_YAW3NQY0V412FGXX4EXSH3JW4G