China’s wind energy hits 62.7 gigawatts in 2011

China’s total installed wind turbines capacity rose 40 percent year-on-year to 62.7 gigawatts in 2011, according to data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

In 2011 alone, China’s newly installed wind turbines capacity reached 18 GW, accounting for 44 percent of the world’s newly installed wind power last year, according to the GWEC data.

The U.S. ranked second with total installed wind farm capacity of 46.9 gigawatts, followed by Germany (29 gigawatts), Spain (21.7 gigawatts) and India (15.8 gigawatts), representing year-on-year growth of 17%, 7%, 5% and 21%, respectively.

The U.S. and India had newly installed wind power capacity of 6.81 kilowatts and 3.02 kilowatts last year, respectively ranking second and third worldwide and accounting for 17 percent and 7 percent of the world’s total.

Wind power in MW

Country – 2011

China 62733
USA 46919
Germany 29060
Spain 21674
India 16084
France 6800
Italy 6747
United Kingdom 6540
Canada 5265
Portugal 4083
Denmark 3871
Sweden 2907
Japan 2501
Netherlands 2328
Australia 2224
Turkey 1799
Ireland 1631
Greece 1629
Poland 1616
Brazil 1509
Austria 1084
Belgium 1078
Romania 982
Mexico 873
New Zealand 622
Bulgaria 612
Taiwan 564
Egypt 550
Norway 520
South Korea 407
Hungary 329
Morocco 291
Czec Republic 217
Chile 205
Finland 197
Estonia 184
Lithuania 179
Ukraine 151
Cyprus 134
Costa Rica 132
Croatia 131
Argentina 130
Honduras 102
Iran 91
Armenia 90
Nicaragua 60
Switzerland 46
Luxembourg 44
Dominican Republic 33
Philippines 33
Latvia 31
Jamaica 30
Vietnam 30
Cape Verde 24
South Africa 22
Uruguay 21
Colombia 20
Libya 20
Tunisia 20
Russia 17
Guyana 14
Sri Lanka 14
Fiji 10
Cuba 7
Israel 6
Pakistan 6
Azerbaijan 5
Kenya 5
Ecuador 4
Faroe Islands 4
Slovakia 3
Vanuatu 3
Bangladesh 2
Belarus 2
Jordan 2
Mongolia 2
Nigeria 2
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2
Eritrea 1
Grenada 1
Indonesia 1
Mauritius 1
Namibia 1
Peru 1
Other 26

Total 238,351 MW

Year-GW

1980- 0,01
1981 -0,02
1982- 0,09
1983- 0,21
1984 -0,60
1985 -1,00
1986 -1,30
1987 -1,50
1988 -1,60
1989 -1,70
1990 -1,90
1991 -2,20
1992 -2,50
1993 -3,00
1994 -3,50
1995 -4,80
1996 -6,10
1997 -7,60
1998 -10,20
1999 -13,60
2000 -17,40
2001 -23,90
2002 -31,10
2003 -39,40
2004 -47,60
2005 -59,10
2006 -74,10
2007 -94,10
2008 -121,30
2009 -158,10
2010 -197,60
2011 -238,40

By José Santamarta, www.gwec.net/