GWEC in press

Politics in the Zeros Total worldwide wind power capacity is now 370 GW. 50 GW was installed in 2014. China led the way with 23 GW of new wind power, and has 31% of total world wind power, followed by the US at 18%. China is, uh, blowing past us.

North American Windpower New data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says that emerging wind markets, such as Brazil, Mexico and Turkey, helped to drive global wind growth in 2014. According to GWEC, China remains the wind leader, as the country installed an astonishing 23 GW of new wind power in 2014, bringing its

Recharge Following the record 51.5GW of new wind capacity added globally in 2014, the world will add 53.5GW this year, rising to 66.5GW in 2019, according to the Global Wind Energy Council’s Annual Market Update. While Asia has come to dominate the global wind market in recent years, thanks to the spectacular growth in China,

SeeNews Wind farms in the UK generated 140,588 MWh of electricity in the 24 hours ended at 1030 today, local time, thus reaching a 16.9% share in Britain’s total power generation. According to National Grid (LON:NG), wind power generation today will peak at 6,540 MW. These statistics and projections involve only 8,403 MW of wind

reNews The global wind market can expect continued growth for the rest of the decade, according to a study. The Global Wind Energy Council suggests the market will top 50GW again in 2015 and reach 60GW per year by 2018. Growth will continue to be led by China, the body said, which seems on track

altenergymag.com “The need for clean, sustainable indigenous power sources to fuel economic growth throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America is increasingly being met through wind power, and this will continue for the foreseeable future”. 1 April, Istanbul. The Global Wind Energy Council launched its flagship publication the Global Wind Report: Annual Market update today in