Installed wind power capacity

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This page provides information about installed wind power capacity for various countries for various years.

Installed windpower capacity (MW) 2002-2008

This table provides end-of-year installed wind power capacity (in megawatts) for the countries of the world for the years 2002 through 2007. The source for this data is the World Wind Energy Association.

Rank	Nation	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
-	World	31,180.8	39,295.2	47,693.2	59,024.13	74,153.34	93,849.14	-
1	Germany	12,001	14,609.1	16,628.8	18,427.52	20,622	22,247.4
2	United States	4,685	6,370	6,725	9,149	11,603	16,818.8	20,152
3	Spain	4,830	6,202	8,263	10,027.91	11,630	15,145.1	15,900
4	India	1,702	2,110	3,000	6,270	4,430	7,850	9,521.80
5	China	468	567	764	1,266	2,599	5,912	9,000
6	Denmark	2,880	3,110	3,124	3,128	3,136	3,125
7	Italy	785	904	1,265	1,718.29	2,123.36	2,726.06
8	France	148	248	386	757.24	1,567	2,455
9	United Kingdom	552	648	888	1,353	1,962.85	2,389
10	Portugal	194	299	522	1,022	1,716	2,130
11	Canada	236	322	444	683	1,460	1,846
12	The Netherlands	682	908	1,078	1,224	1,559	1,747
13	Japan	334	506	896.2	1,040	1,309	1,538
14	Austria	139.3	415	606	819	964.52	981.5
15	Greece	276	365	473	573.3	757.59	873.25
16	Australia	103	197.2	379	579	817.28	817.28
17	Ireland	137	186	338.9	495.2	746	805
18	Sweden	345	404	452	509.1	571.2	788.65	1035
19	Norway	97.3	100	270	268	325	332.95
20	New Zealand	35	36.3	168.1	168.23	171	322
21	Egypt	69	180	145	145	230	310
22	Belgium	44	68	95	167.4	194.3	286.9
23	Taiwan (China)	0	0	13	103.7	187.7	280
24	Poland	28.2	58.2	58.2	73	153	276
25	Brazil	22	23.8	23.8	28.55	236.85	247.05
26	Turkey	19.4	20.6	20.6	20.1	64.6	206.75
27	Korea (South)	16	18.7	22.5	119.14	176.3	191.3
28	Czech Republic	3	10	16.5	29.46	56.5	116
29	Finland	41	51	82	82	86	110
30	Ukraine	46	56.4	68.8	77.26	85.56	89
31	Mexico	0	0	2.2	2.18	86.5	86.5
32	Costa Rica	69.9	69.9	69.9	71	74	74
33	Bulgaria	0	10	10	14	36	70
34	Iran	11	11	25	31.63	47.35	66.48
35	Hungary	1.2	2	3.5	17.48	60.88	65
36	Morocco	53.9	53.9	53.9	64	64	64
37	Estonia	2	3.7	22.1	33	33	58.1
38	Lithuania	0.2	2	7	7	54.95	52.3
39	Luxembourg	16.1	21.5	35.3	35.31	35.31	35.31
40	Argentina	25.7	25.7	25.6	26.8	27.76	29.76
41	Latvia	24	24	26.7	27.4	27.4	27.4
42	Philippines	0	0	25.2	25.18	25.18	25.18
43	Jamaica	0	0	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.7
44	Guadeloupe	0	0	20.5	20.5	20.5	20.5
45	Tunisia	19	10	20	20	20	20
46	Chile	1.3	2	2	2	2	20
47	Colombia	0	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5
48	Croatia	0	0	6	6	17.2	17.8
49	South Africa	13	16.4	16.55	16.55	16.55	16.55
50	Russia	10.7	10.8	10.8	14	15.5	16.5
51	Guyana	0	0	10.2	13.5	13.5	13.5
52	Curaçao	0	0	12	12	12	12
53	Switzerland	5.3	5.3	8.7	11.57	11.57	11.57
54	Romania	1	1	0.6	0.85	2.76	9
55	Israel	7	7	7	7.03	7.03	7.03
56	Slovakia	0	2	5	5	5	5
57	Faroe Islands	0	0	0.15	4.05	4.05	4.05
58	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	3.06
59	Cape Verde	0	0	2.78	2.78	2.78	2.78
60	Nigeria	0.8	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
61	Cuba	0.5	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45	2.10
62	Jordan	0	1.5	1.45	1.45	1.45	1.45
63	Martinique	0	0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
64	Belarus	0	0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
65	Indonesia	0	0	0.5	0.8	0.8	1
66	Eritrea	0	0	0	0.75	0.75	0.75
67	Peru	0	0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
68	Uruguay	0.2	0.2	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.6
69	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0.5	0.5	0.5
70	Namibia	0	0	0.02	0.25	0.25	0.47
71	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	0	0	0	0.33
72	Syria	0	0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
73	North Korea	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
74	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.01
	World	31,180.8	39,295.2	47,693.2	59,024.13	74,153.34	93,849.14

Installed Wind Energy Capacity 1996-1998

Based on Windpower Monthly

Installed Wind Energy Capacity (in megawatts, MW)(cumulative for year):

Nation	1996	1997	1998
Germany	1,545	2,080	2,583
USA	1,590	1,592	1,946
Denmark	857	1,116	1,380
India	816	950	968
Spain	249	512	660
The Netherlands	299	325	359
UK	270	320	331
China	79	166	190
Sweden	105	117	148
Italy		100	154
Rest of World	234	274	489
Total	6,097	7,592	8,719

See also

• Windmills