Wind power-plants in Europe
2011 annual installations in EU
- 9,616 MW of wind power capacity (worth some €12.6 billion) was installed in the EU during
2011, a similar figure to the previous year (9,648 in 2010); - Wind power accounted for 21.4% of total 2011 power capacity installations;
- Renewable power installations accounted for 71.3% of new installations during 2011:
32,043 MW of a total of 44,939 MW of new power capacity; - More renewable power capacity was installed during 2011 than any other year, an increase
of 37.7% compared to 2010; - More power capacity was installed in 2011 than ever before - an increase of 3.9%, due
entirely to increasing renewable power installations.
Source: EWEA
