Wind power-plants in Europe
2010 annual installations in EU
- 9,259 MW of wind power capacity (worth some €12.7 billion) was installed in the EU during 2010, down 10% compared to the previous year;
- Wind power accounted for 16.7% of total 2010 power capacity installations;
- More renewable power capacity was installed during 2010 than any other year, an increase of 31% compared to 2009;
- Renewable power installations accounted for 41% of new installations during 2010, 22,645 MW of total of 55,326 MW of new power capacity;
- More power capacity was installed in 2010 than ever before, an increase of 102%, due toincreasing renewable power installations and gas power installations;
Source: EWEA
