Wind power by country

Worldwide installed capacity (1996–2014)^[1]

As of the end of 2015, the worldwide total cumulative installed electricity generation capacity from wind power amounted to 432,883 MW, an increase of 17% compared to the previous year.^[2] Global wind power installations increased by 63,330 MW, 51,447 MW and 35,467 MW in 2015, 2014 and 2013 respectively.

Since 2010 more than half of all new wind power was added outside of the traditional markets of Europe and North America, mainly driven by the continuing boom in China and India. At the end of 2015, China had 145 GW of wind power installed.^[2] In 2015, China installed close to half of the world's added wind power capacity.

Several countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 39% of stationary electricity production in Denmark,^[3][4] 18% in Portugal,^[4] 16% in Spain,^[4] 14% in Ireland^[5] and 9% in Germany in 2010.^[4][6] As of 2011, 83 countries around the world are using wind power on a commercial basis.^[6] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage at the end of 2014 was 3.1%.^[7]

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New Installed capacity by country in 2015 (MW)[2]   China: 30,753 MW (48.5%)   United States: 8,598 MW (13.5%)   Germany: 6,013 MW (9.5%)   Brazil: 2,754 MW (4.3%)   India: 2,623 MW (4.1%)   Canada: 1,506 MW (2.4%)   Poland: 1,266 MW (2.0%)   France: 1,073 MW (1.7%)   United Kingdom: 975 MW (1.5%)   Turkey: 956 MW (1.5%)   Rest of the world: 6,950 MW (11.0%)	Installed capacity by country in 2015 (MW)[2]   China: 145,362 MW (34.1%)   United States: 74,471 MW (17.5%)   Germany: 44,947 MW (10.5%)   India: 27,151 MW (6.4%)   Spain: 23,025 MW (5.4%)   United Kingdom: 13,603 MW (3.2%)   Canada: 11,205 MW (2.6%)   France: 10,358 MW (2.4%)   Italy: 8,958 MW (2.1%)   Brazil: 8,715 MW (2.0%)   Rest of the world: 58,275 MW (13.7%)	Installed capacity by regions in 2015 (MW)[2]   Asia (excluding Middle East): 175,831 MW (40.6%)   Europe: 147,771 MW (34.1%)   North America: 88,749 MW (20.5%)   Latin America and Caribbean: 12,220 MW (2.8%)   Pacific Region: 4,823 MW (1.1%)   Africa and Middle East: 3,489 MW (0.8%)

Installed wind power capacity

Mariana TPwind power capacity by country. The data is sourced from Global Wind Energy Council. In 2015, global wind power capacity increased by 63,330 MW or 17.14% from 369,553 MW to 432,883 MW.^[2]

Installed wind power capacity (MW)

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#	Nation	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
1	China	2,599	5,912	12,210	25,104	44,733	62,733	75,564	91,412	114,763	145,104
-	European Union	48,122	56,614	65,255	74,919	84,278	93,957	106,454	117,384	128,752	141,579
2	United States	11,603	16,819	25,170	35,159	40,200	46,919	60,007	61,110	65,879	74,472
3	Germany	20,622	22,247	23,903	25,777	27,214	29,060	31,332	34,250	39,165	44,947
4	India	6,270	7,850	9,587	10,925	13,064	16,084	18,421	20,150	22,465	27,151
5	Spain	11,630	15,145	16,740	19,149	20,676	21,674	22,796	22,959	22,987	23,025
6	United Kingdom	1,963	2,389	3,288	4,070	5,203	6,540	8,445	10,711	12,440	13,603
7	Canada	1,460	1,846	2,369	3,319	4,008	5,265	6,200	7,823	9,694	11,205
8	France	1,589	2,477	3,426	4,410	5,660	6,800	7,196	8,243	9,285	10,358
9	Italy	2,123	2,726	3,537	4,850	5,797	6,747	8,144	8,558	8,663	8,958
10	Brazil	237	247	339	606	932	1,509	2,508	3,466	5,939	8,715
11	Sweden	571	831	1,067	1,560	2,163	2,970	3,745	4,382	5,425	6,025
12	Poland	153	276	472	725	1,107	1,616	2,497	3,390	3,834	5,100
13	Portugal	1,716	2,130	2,862	3,535	3,702	4,083	4,525	4,730	4,914	5,079
14	Denmark	3,140	3,129	3,164	3,465	3,752	3,871	4,162	4,807	4,845	5,063
15	Turkey	65	207	433	801	1,329	1,799	2,312	2,958	3,763	4,718
16	Australia[23]	651	824	1,306	1,712	1,991	2,176	2,584	3,239	3,806	4,187
17	Netherlands	1,571	1,759	2,237	2,223	2,237	2,328	2,391	2,671	2,805	3,431
18	Mexico	84	85	85	520	733	873	1,370	1,859	2,551	3,073
19	Japan	1,309	1,528	1,880	2,056	2,304	2,501	2,614	2,669	2,789	3,038
20	Romania	2	7	10	14.1	462	982	1,905	2,599	2,953	2,976
21	Ireland	746	805	1,245	1,260	1,379	1,614	1,738	2,049	2,272	2,486
22	Austria	965	982	995	995	1,011	1,084	1,378	1,684	2,095	2,412
23	Belgium	194	287	384	563	911	1,078	1,375	1,651	1,959	2,229
24	Greece	758	873	990	1,087	1,208	1,629	1,749	1,866	1,980	2,152
25	South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	570	1,053
26	Finland	86	110	143	147	197	199	288	447	627	1,005
27	Chile	-	-	-	20	168	172	205	331	836	933
28	Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	43	56	59	701	845
29	Norway[24][25][26]	325	333	428	431	441	512	704	811	819	838
30	South Korea	176	192	278	348	379	407	483	561	609	835
31	Morocco	64	125	125	253	286	291	291	487	787	787
32	Bulgaria	36	70	120	177	500	612	674	681	691	691
33	Taiwan	188	280	358	436	519	564	564	614	633	647
34	New Zealand	171	322	325	497	530	623	623	623	623	623
35	Egypt	230	310	390	430	550	550	550	550	610	610
36	Ukraine	86	89	90	94	87	151	302	371	498	n.a.
37	Lithuania	56	50	54	91	163	203	263	279	279	424
38	Croatia	n/a	n/a	69.4	104	152	187.4	207.1	302	347	423
39	Hungary	61	65	127	201	295	329	329	329	329	329
40	Ethiopia	-	-	-	-	-	23	81	171	171	324
41	Estonia	31.8	59	78	142	149	184	269	280	302	303
42	Czech Republic	57	116	150	192	215	217	260	269	282	282
43	Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	113	167	218	271	279
44	Panama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	270
45	Costa Rica	-	-	74	123	119	132	147	148	198	268
46	Pakistan[27]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	255
47	Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	54	104	245	245	245
48	Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	7	112	223	223	223
49	Philippines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	66	216	216
50	Nicaragua	-	-	-	-	-	62	102	146	186	n.a.
51	Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147	158
52	Honduras	-	-	-	-	-	-	102	102	126	176
53	Peru	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	146	148	148
54	Jordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	119
55	Iran	47	67	82	91	91	91	91	91	n.a.	n.a.
56	Sri Lanka	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	63	n.a.	n.a.
57	Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	62
58	Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	58
59	Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	n.a.	n.a.
60	Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	n.a.	n.a.
61	Cape Verde	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	24	24	n.a.
-	Caribbean	-	-	-	-	-	-	191	250	250	250
-	Pacific Islands	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12
-	Rest of Europe	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,815	4,956	5,715	6,543
-	Rest of Latin America & Caribbean	-	-	-	-	-	54	54	250	250	285
-	Rest of Africa & Middle East	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,165	1,255	129	151
-	Rest of Asia	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	87	-	167
World total capacity (MW)		74,151	93,927	121,188	157,899	197,637	238,035	282,482	318,596	369,553	432,419

Annual wind power generation

Annual Wind Power Generation (TW·h) and total electricity consumption (TW·h) for 10 largest countries^{[15][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

	Nation	2006				2007				2008				2009				2010
		Wind power	Capacity Factor	%	Total Demand	Wind power	Capacity Factor	%	Total Demand	Wind power	Capacity Factor	%	Total Demand	Wind power	Capacity Factor	%	Total Demand	Wind power	Capacity Factor	%	Total Demand
1	United States	26.6	26.1%	0.7%	4058.1	34.5	23.4%	0.8%	4149.9	52.0	23.5%	1.3%	4108.6	70.8		1.8%	3951.1	95.2		2.6%	3,723.8
2	China	3.7	16.2%	0.1%	2834.4	5.6[35]	10.6%	0.2%	3255.9	12.8[36]	12.0%	0.4%	3426.8	26.9	12.2%	0.74%	3640.3	55.5
3	Spain	22.9	22.4%	8.5%	268.8	27.2	20.5%	9.8%	276.8	31.4	21.7%	11.1%	282.1	36.6		13.7%	267.0	43.7
4	Germany	30.7	17.0%	5.4%	569.9	38.5	19.7%	6.6%	584.9	40.4	19.3%	6.6%	611.9	37.2		6.4%	581.3	36.5
5	India	7.6	13.8%	1.0%	726.7	14.7	21.0%	1.9%	774.7	14.8	17.6%	1.77%	834.3	17		2.7%	637.6	20.6
6	United Kingdom	4.2	23.2%	1.2%	352.9	5.3	27.5%	1.5%	352.0	7.1	30.4%	2.0%	350.5	9.3		2.5%	325.8	10.2
7	France	2.2	16.0%	0.5%	478.4	4.0	18.6%	0.8%	480.3	5.6	18.8%	1.1%	494.5	7.8	20.2%	1.6%	486	9.7
8	Portugal	2.9	19.3%	5.9%	49.2	4.0	21.2%	8.0%	50.1	5.7	22.7%	11.3%	50.6	7.5		15.0%	49.9	9.1
9	Italy	3.0	16.1%	0.9%	337.5	4.0[37]	16.7%	1.2%	339.9	4.9	15.7%	1.4%	339.5	6.2		2.1%	296.3	8.4
10	Denmark	6.1	22.2%	16.8%	36.4	7.2	26.3%	19.7%	36.4	7.0	24.9%	19.1%	36.2	6.8		19.3%	32.4	7.4[38]
	World total (TWh)	126.547	19.2%	0.8%	16,388.5	163.683	21.1%	1.0%	17,110.5	211.812	24.5%	1.2%	17,420.0	262.563[15]	21.5%	1.5%	17,313.6	344.8

Electricity generation by wind 2011-2012

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year):^[39]

Nation	2011	2012[40]
USA	119.7	140.1
China	73.2	100.8[41]
Spain	42.4	48.5
Germany	46.5	46.0
India	26.0	27.9
Canada	19.7	21.0
UK	15.5	21.0
France	12.2	14.9
Italy	10.1	13.2
Denmark	9.7	10.2
Portugal	9.1	10.0
Sweden	6.1	7.2
Australia	5.8	7.0
Turkey	4.7	5.8
Brazil	2.7	5.1
Netherlands	5.1	5.0
Japan	4.3	4.8
Ireland	4.4	4.2
Poland	2.7	4.7
Greece	3.3	3.9
Mexico	1.4	3.6
Romania	1.4	2.6
Belgium	2.3	2.7
Austria	2.1	2.4
New Zealand	2.0	1.9
Norway	1.3	1.7
South Korea	0.9	1.7
Egypt	1.7	1.3
Bulgaria	0.8	1.2
Morocco	0.9	0.7

Historical wind power capacity

Installed wind power capacity (MW) 2004-2013

This table provides end-of-year installed wind power capacity (MW) for the countries of the world for the years 2004 through 2013. The data source for the 2004 through 2013 figures is the World Wind Energy Association.^[42]

Rank	Nation	2004	2005[16]	2006[16]	2007[16]	2008[16]	2009[15]	2010[14]	2011[43]	2012[44]	2013[45]
-	World	47,693	59,024.1	74,122.8	93,930.4	120,902.9	159,213.3	196,630	238,035	282,482	318,530
1	China	764	1,266	2,599	5,912	12,210	25,777	44,733	62,364	75,324	91,324
2	United States	6,725	9,149	11,603	16,818	25,170	35,159	40,180	46,919	59,882	61,108
3	Germany	16,628	18,427	20,622	22,247	23,902	25,777	27,215	29,075	31,038	34,660
4	Spain	8,263	10,027	11,630	15,145	16,740	19,149	20,676	21,673	22,796	22,959
5	India	3,000	4,430	6,270	7,850	9,587	10,925	13,065	15,880	18,321	20,150
6	United Kingdom	888	1,353	1,962	2,389	3,287	4,092	5,204	6,018	8,445	10,531
7	Italy	1,265	1,718	2,123	2,726	3,736	4,850	5,797	6,737	8,144	8,551
8	France	386	757	1,567	2,455	3,404	4,521	5,660	6,640	7,473	8,254
9	Canada	444	683	1,460	1,846	2,369	3,319	4,008	5,265	6,201	7,698
10	Denmark	3,124	3,128	3,136	3,125	3,160.0	3,497	3,734	3,927	4,162	4,772
11	Portugal	522	1,022	1,716	2,130	2,862	3,535	3,702	4,083	4,525	4,724
12	Sweden	452	509.1	571.2	831.0	1066	1,579	2,052	2,798	3,745	4,470
13	Brazil	23.8	28.6	236.9	247.1	338.5	606	920	1,429	2,507	3,399
14	Poland	58.2	73	153	276	544	725	1,107	1,616.4	2,497	3,390
15	Australia	379	579	817.3	817.3	1,494.0	1,877	1,880	2,005	2,584	3,049
16	Turkey	20.6	20.1	64.6	206.8	333.4	796.5	1,274	1,799	2,312	2,959
17	Netherlands	1,078	1,224	1,559	1,747	2,225.0	2,229	2,237	2,328	2,391	2,693
18	Japan	896.2	1,040	1,309	1,528	1,880.0	2,056	2,304	2,501	2,614	2,661
19	Romania	0	0.9	2.8	7.8	7.0	14.0	591	826	1,905	2,599
20	Ireland	338.9	495.2	746	805	1,244.7	1,260	1,428	1,614	1,738	2,037
21	Mexico	2.2	2.2	84	85.0	85.0	402	521	929	1,348	1,992
22	Greece	473	573.3	757.6	873.3	989.7	1,109	1,208	1,626.5	1,749	1,865
23	Austria	606	819	964.5	981.5	994.9	995	1,011	1,084	1,378	1,684
24	Belgium	95	167.4	194.3	286.9	383.6	555	886	1,078	1,375	1,651
25	Norway	270	268	325	333.0	428.0	431	434	520.0	703.0	768
26	Bulgaria	10	14	36	57	120	177	375	503.0	684.0	681
27	New Zealand	168.1	168.2	171	321.8	325.3	497	506	622.8	622.8	623
28	Taiwan	13	103.7	187.7	279.9	358.2	436	519	563.8	563.8	614
29	South Korea	22.5	119.1	176.3	192.1	278.0	364.4	379	406.3	482.6	561
30	Egypt	145	145	230	310	390.0	430	550	550.0	550.0	550
31	Morocco	53.9	64	64	125.2	125.2	253	286	291.0	291.0	494.8
32	Finland	82	82	86	110	140.0	147	197	197.0	288.0	448.0
33	Ukraine	68.8	77.3	85.6	89.0	90.0	90	87.4	151.1	276.0	371.0
34	Chile	2	2	2	20.1	20.1	78	170	190.0	190.0	335.0
35	Hungary	3.5	17.5	60.9	65.0	127.0	201	295	329.4	329.4	329.4
36	Croatia	6	6	17.2	17.2	18.2	27.8	69.8	131.0	180.0	302.0
37	Estonia	22.1	33	33	58.6	78.3	142.3	149	184.0	269.0	280.0
38	Lithuania	7	7	55.0	52.3	54.4	91	154	179.0	225.0	279.0
39	Czech Republic	16.5	29.5	56.5	116	150.0	191	215	217.0	260.0	269.0
40	Argentina	25.6	26.8	27.8	29.8	29.8	29.8	54.0	129.2	233.2	217.1
41	Thailand										193.0
42	Ethiopia							30.0	30.0	51.0	171.0
43	Costa Rica	69.9	71	74	74	74.0	123	123	148.2	148.2	148.2
44	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0	82.0	134.0	147.0	147.0
45	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	40	40.0	63.0	102.0	141.6
46	Puerto Rico								0	125.0	125.0
47	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	106.0	106.0
48	Tunisia	20	20	20	20	20.0	20.0	54.0	54.0	104.0	104.0
49	South Africa	16.55	16.6	16.6	16.6	21.8	21.8	10.0	10.1	10.1	102.0
50	Honduras							0.0	70.0	70.0	102.0
51	Iran	25	31.6	47.4	66.5	82.0	82	100	100.0	100.0	100.0
52	Latvia	26.7	22.9	26.9	26.9	26.9	28.5	31.0	31.0	68.0	68.0
53	Switzerland	8.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	13.8	17.6	42.0	45.5	50.0	60.0
54	Uruguay	0.15	0.2	0.2	0.6	20.5	20.5	30.5	40.5	52.0	59.3
55	Luxembourg	35.3	35.3	35.3	35.3	35.3	35.3	42.0	44.0	45.0	58.0
56	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	2.4	2.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	50.9
57	Jamaica	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7	29.7	29.7	47.7	47.7	47.7
58	New Caledonia							0.0	38.2	38.2	38.2
59	Dominican Republic				0	0.2	0.2	0.2	33.6	33.6	33.6
60	Philippines	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.2	25.2	33.0	33	33.0	33.0	33.0
61	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	1.3	8.8	30.5	31.0	31.0	31.0
62-63	Venezuela								0.0	30.0	30.0
62-63	Aruba							0.0	30.0	30.0	30.0
64	Guadeloupe	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.5	26.8	26.8	26.8
65	Cape Verde	2.78	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	25.5	38.3	24.0	25.5
66	Reunion Island										23.4
67	Colombia	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	20.0	20.0	19.5	19.5	19.5
68	Ecuador	0	0	0	3.1	4.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	19.0	19.0
69	Russia	10.8	14	15.5	16.5	16.5	16.5	15.4	15.4	16.8	16.8
70	Guyana	10.2	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5
71	Curaçao							0.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
72	Cuba	0.45	0.5	0.5	2.1	7.2	7.2	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
73	Bonaire							0.0	10.8	10.8	10.8
74	Algeria								0	0.1	10.1
75	Fiji							0.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
76	Dominica							0.2	7.2	7.2	7.2
77	Israel	7	7.0	7.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
78	Faroe Islands	0.15	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
79-80	Slovakia	5	5	5	5	6.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
79-80	Vanuatu							0.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
81-82	Nigeria	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
81-82	St. Kitts and Nevis							0.0	2.2	2.2	2.2
83-84	Kazakhstan	0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	2.2	2.0	2.0
83-84	Azerbaijan							0.0	2.2	2.0	2.0
85	Belarus	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.9	1.9	3.5	1.9	1.9
86	Iceland								0.0	1.8	1.8
87	Antarctica				0	0.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
88	Jordan	1.45	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
89	Indonesia	0	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
90	Madagascar							1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
91-92	Martinique	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1		1.1	1.1
91-92	Mauritius							0.0	1.1	1.1	1.1
93	Falkland Islands	0	0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	17.2	17.2	18.2	24.3	24.3
	Armenia							0.0	2.6
	World	47,693	59,024.1	74,122.8	93,930.4	120,902.9	159,213.3	196,630	237,022	282,482	318,530

Installed wind energy capacity 1991-2000

Installed Wind Energy Capacity (MW, cumulative for year):^{[46][47][48][49]}

Nation	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Germany	112	180	335	643	1,130	1,548	2,080	2,870	4,445	6,113
USA	1,709	1,680	1,635	1,663	1,612	1,590	1,592	1,946	2,500	2,554
Spain	5	50	60	70	140	249	512	660	1,522	2,235
Denmark	413	458	487	539	637	857	1,116	1,380	1,748	2,300
India	39	39	79	185	576	816	950	968	1,077	1,167
Italy					22[50]	60	100	154	282	427
Netherlands						299	325	359	410	449
UK						270	320	331	343	406
China					38	79	166	190	265	265
Sweden						105	117	148	195	231
Rest of World						234	274	489	713	1,153
Total	2,170	2,510	2,990	3,490	4,780	6,097	7,592	8,719	13,500	17,300

Installed wind energy capacity 1981-1990

Installed Wind Energy Capacity (MW, cumulative for year):^[46][51]

Nation	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
USA	18	84	254	653	945	1,265	1,333	1,231	1,332	1,484
Denmark	7	12	20	27	50	82	115	197	262	343
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	27	62
Total	25	90	210	600	1,020	1,270	1,450	1,580	1,730	1,930

• Total does not match sum of totals because of different sources.

Historical wind power generation

Electricity generation by wind 2001-2010

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year):^[52]

Nation	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
USA	6.737	10.354	11.187	14.144	17.811	26.589	34.450	55.363	73.886	94.65
Germany	9.933	15.063	17.916	24.234	25.868	29.175	37.727	38.545	36.71	35.90
Spain	6.421	8.875	11.471	14.915	20.117	22.132	26.190	30.593	35.9	41.5
India	2.129	2.553	3.411	4.266	6.273	8.255	11.206	13.053	17	20.6
China	0.712	0.829	0.987	1.265	1.927	3.675	5.425	12.425	26.9	55.5
UK	0.917	1.193	1.221	1.838	2.759	4.014	5.010	6.742	8.84	9.70
Denmark	4.091	4.633	5.283	6.254	6.283	5.803	6.814	6.582	6.39	7.42
Italy	1.120	1.334	1.385	1.755	2.227	2.822	3.832	4.618	6.200	8.0
Portugal	0.243	0.344	0.471	0.775	1.684	2.779	3.835	5.469	7.20	8.60
France	0.125	0.256	0.372	0.566	0.914	2.073	3.857	5.405	7.50	9.20
Netherlands	0.784	0.899	1.252	1.774	1.964	2.596	3.266	4.047	4.350	3.78
Australia	0.200	0.346	0.668	0.670	0.841	1.627	2.480	2.938	3.615	3.62
Canada	0.320	0.388	0.785	0.906	1.398	2.375	2.873	3.628	4.3	5.50
Japan	0.239	0.394	0.791	1.245	1.666	2.100	2.493	2.799	2.802	3.60
Ireland	0.317	0.369	0.431	0.622	1.056	1.541	1.860	2.290	2.807	2.670
Austria	0.163	0.193	0.348	0.878	1.262	1.664	1.934	1.913	1.87	1.92
Sweden	0.458	0.578	0.645	0.808	0.889	0.938	1.359	1.896	2.361	3.30
Greece	0.718	0.618	0.970	1.065	1.203	1.614	1.727	2.130	2.416	2.030
New Zealand	0.130	0.148	0.141	0.340	0.583	0.591	0.883	1.004	1.398	1.55
Norway	0.026	0.071	0.207	0.239	0.481	0.605	0.847	0.867	0.932	0.850
Poland	0.013	0.058	0.118	0.135	0.128	0.243	0.496	0.795	1.023	1.60
Turkey	0.059	0.046	0.058	0.055	0.056	0.121	0.337	0.805	1.4	2.80
Belgium	0.035	0.054	0.084	0.135	0.246	0.348	0.466	0.605	0.946	1.20
Brazil	0.033	0.058	0.058	0.058	0.088	0.225	0.531	0.530	1.180	2.07
Egypt	0.210	0.194	0.350	0.497	0.524	0.585	0.789	0.880	1.1	1.20
Mexico	0.017	0.020	0.018	0.019	0.018	0.056	0.249	0.256	0.566	0.378
Rest of World	10.657	15.976	19.060	25.473	27.37	31.588
Total	36.723	50.557	61.476	80.595	99.687	126.547	163.683	211.812	262.563	327.850

Electricity generation by wind 1991-2000

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year):^[53]

Nation	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Germany	0.204	0.276	0.640	1.357	1.626	1.974	2.882	4.363	5.252	8.884
USA	2.951	2.888	3.006	3.447	3.164	3.234	3.288	3.026	4.488	5.593
Denmark	0.703	0.869	0.982	1.080	1.118	1.166	1.837	2.679	2.878	4.029
Spain	0.014	0.042	0.109	0.166	0.257	0.346	0.705	1.284	2.607	4.491
India	0.037	0.084	0.090	0.181	0.471	0.834	0.939	1.019	1.374	1.600
China	0.009	0.013	0.021	0.038	0.061	0.093	0.196	0.352	0.469	0.584
UK	0.010	0.032	0.207	0.325	0.371	0.464	0.634	0.833	0.808	0.900
Italy	0.003	0.002	0.004	0.007	0.009	0.031	0.112	0.219	0.383	0.535
France	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.005	0.005	0.007	0.010	0.019	0.035	0.073
Portugal	0.001	0.004	0.010	0.016	0.015	0.020	0.036	0.085	0.117	0.160
Netherlands	0.068	0.140	0.169	0.225	0.301	0.415	0.451	0.608	0.613	0.788
Japan	0	0	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.007	0.036	0.104
Australia	0	0	0	0.004	0.007	0.007	0.007	0.008	0.026	0.055
Canada	0.002	0.003	0.030	0.055	0.056	0.059	0.059	0.059	0.156	0.251
Austria	0	0	0	0	0.001	0.005	0.019	0.043	0.048	0.064
Ireland	0	0.005	0.014	0.018	0.015	0.013	0.048	0.161	0.178	0.232
Greece	0	0.008	0.045	0.035	0.032	0.036	0.034	0.067	0.154	0.428
Sweden	0.012	0.029	0.046	0.068	0.094	0.137	0.193	0.301	0.340	0.434
New Zealand	0	0	0	0.001	0.001	0.008	0.013	0.021	0.037	0.114
Norway	0	0.003	0.003	0.009	0.010	0.009	0.010	0.010	0.024	0.029
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.023	0.130
Belgium	0.008	0.008	0.008	0.009	0.009	0.008	0.008	0.010	0.012	0.015
Mexico	0	0	0	0.004	0.006	0.005	0.004	0.010	0.010	0.018
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.031
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.005
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.001
Rest of World	0.205	0.277	0.645	1.373	1.646	2.028	3.006	4.554	5.514	9.363
Total	4.024	4.406	5.393	7.063	7.644	8.921	11.606	15.363	20.320	29.970

Electricity generation by wind 1983-1990

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year):^[54]

Nation	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Germany	--	--	--	--	--	0.002	0.002	0.003
USA^1	0.00267	0.00649	0.00576	0.00419	0.00354	0.00087	2.112	2.789
India	0	0	0	0.002	0.003	0.006	0.006	0.030
Denmark	0.024	0.039	0.06	0.136	0.183	0.302	0.429	0.580
UK	0	0	0	0	0	0.001	0.009	0.009
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.001	0.001
Netherlands	0	0	0	0.001	0.002	0.016	0.023	0.048
Greece	0	0	0	0	0.001	0.001	0	0.001
Sweden	0.003	0.005	0.006	0.006	0.006	0.005	0.005	0.006
Belgium	0	0	0	0	0.006	0.008	0.007	0.008
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.013
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.002
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.002
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.002
Rest of World	0	0	0.001	0	0.001	0.003	0.003	0.005
Total	0.0297	0.0505	0.0728	0.149	0.206	0.343	2.595	3.496

¹ [sic] - Generation does not correlate with installed capacity, which would suggest approximately 0.33, 0.87, 1.54, 2.13, 2.50, 2.47 TWh from 1983 to 1988 for the United States.

Opinion on wind farms in selected countries

Opinion on increase in number of wind farms (2010)

	US %	UK %	France %	Italy %	Spain %	Germany %
Strongly oppose	3	6	6	2	2	4
Oppose more than favour	9	12	16	11	9	14
Favour more than oppose	37	44	44	38	37	42
Strongly favour	50	38	33	49	53	40
Source: Harris Poll, 2010. Base: All EU and U.S. adults.[55] Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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