Wind power-plants in World
World Wind Power Instalations in 2010
- Global wind power installations increased by 35.800 MW in 2010.
- This brings total installed wind energy capacity up to 194.4 GW
- 22.5% increase on the 158.7 GW installed at the end of 2009.
- The new capacity added in 2010 represents investments worth EUR 47.3 billion (US Dollars 65 bn).
- For the first time in 2010, more than half of all new wind power was added outside of the traditional markets in Europe and North America.
- The countries which expanded their wind capacity in 2010 were above all: India, which added 2.1 GW, Brazil (326 MW), Mexico (316 MW), and 213 MW were installed in North Africa (Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia).
Source: GWEC
