Global Wind Report 2026
In 2025, the sector delivered another
record year, installing 165 GW of new
capacity worldwide. Wind power is
increasingly a pivotal technology of the
modern electricity system, the only
clean energy source with proven scale,
reliability and geographic versatility to
anchor grids, meeting surging
industrial demand and delivering
energy security simultaneously.
World Wind Energy Association Report 2023
It was a record year for wind energy in 2023. Total capacity now exceeds 1,047 GW, where 116 GW was added in 2023 equating to a 12.5% growth rate, where China installed around 75 GW, or two thirds of the total new capacity. Wind energy now generates 10% of global electricity.
Global Wind Report 2024
The report finds the wind industry is entering a new era of accelerated growth driven by increased political ambition, manifested in the historic COP28 adoption of a target to triple renewable energy by 2030.