Wind power in figures

It isn't the actual number of wind turbines connected to grids around the world that demonstrates the potential of wind energy, but rather their capacity to produce electricity.

Legend:

MW = megawatt

TW = terawatt

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Total capacity worldwide:

2009: 159,213 MW

2010: 203,500 MW

2020: 1,900,000 MW

The top 10 producers of wind energy and the percentage of total global wind power:

1. USA 35.159 MW 22,1%

2. China 26.010 MW 16,3%

3. Deutschland 25.777 MW 16,2%

4. Spanien 19.149 MW 11,5%

5. Indien 10.925 MW 6,8%

6. Italien 4.850 MW 3,0%

7. Frankreich 4.521 MW 2,8%

8. UK 4.092 MW 2,6%

9. Portugal 3.535 MW 2,2%

10. Dänemark 3.497 MW 2,2%

Amount of energy by country sourced from wind power in 2009:

1. Denmark: 20%

2. Portugal: 15%

3. Spain: 14%

4. Germany: 9%

World: 2%

Source: World Wind Energy Report 2009, Publisher World Wind Energy Association.

Autorin: Janine Rabe (mrm)