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02.02.2011
G LO B A L I N S TA L L E D W I N D P OW E R C A PAC I T Y ( M W ) – Regional Distribution
Asi a
China* 25,805 16,500 42,287
India 10,926 2,139 13,065
Japan 2,085 221 2,304
Taiwan 436 83 519
South Korea 348 31 379
Philippines 33 0 33
Other 2) 6 48 54
E urope
Germany 25,777 1,493 27,214
Spain 19,160 1,516 20,676
Italy 4,849 948 5,797
France 4,574 1,086 5,660
UK 4,245 962 5,204
Denmark* 3,465 327 3,752
Portugal 3,357 345 3,702
Netherlands* 2,223 15 2,237
Sweden 1,560 603 2,163
Ireland 1,310 118 1,428
Turkey 801 528 1,329
Greece 1,086 123 1,208
Poland 725 382 1,107
Austria 995 16 1,011
Belgium 563 350 911
Rest of Europe 3) 1,611 1,071 2,677
N orth Americ a
USA 35,086 5,115 40,180
Canada 3,319 690 4,009
Pacific R eg ion
Australia 1,712 167 1,880
New Zealand 497 9 506
Pacific Islands 12 0 12
1 South Africa, Cape Verde, Israel, Lebanon, Nigeria, Jordan, Kenya 4 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
2 Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Vietnam Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
3 Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, 5 Colombia, Chile, Cuba
Ukraine
Please note: project decommissioning of 151 MW and rounding affect the final sums
* Provisional figures
G lobal C umulative Installed Wind C apacity 1 9 9 6 - 2 0 1 0
250,000 [ MW ]
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
6,100 7,600 10,200 13,600 17,400 23,900 31,100 39,431 47,620 59,091 74,052 93,820 120,291 158,738 194,390
45,000 [ MW ]
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1,280 1,530 2,520 3,440 3,760 6,500 7,270 8,133 8,207 11,531 15,245 19,866 26,560 38,610 35,802
Top 10 cu m ulativ e capacity Dec 2 0 1 0 Top 1 0 new installed capacity Jan - D ec 2010
France UK
Italy France
Germany
India
USA Spain
Country MW % Country MW %
China 42,287 21.8 China 16,500 46.1
USA 40,180 20.7 USA 5,115 14.3
Germany 27,214 14.0 India 2,139 6.0
Spain 20,676 10.6 Spain 1,516 4.2
India 13,065 6.7 Germany 1,493 4.2
Italy 5,797 3.0 France 1,086 3.0
France 5,660 2.9 UK 962 2.7
UK 5,204 2.7 Italy 948 2.6
Canada 4,009 2.1 Canada 690 1.9
Denmark 3,752 1.9 Sweden 603 1.7
Rest of the world 26,546 13.7 Rest of the world 4,750 13.3
Total TOP 10 167,844 86.3 Total TOP 10 31,052 86.3
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