Capacity Factor as

Wind Class
Full Load Hr Capacity Factor Defined in "20%
(at 50 m
Range Range Wind Energy by
hub height)
2030"*

(Equivalent Capcity (see table B.10 to the

from IMAGE model
Factor) right)

(# of hours per year

(full load hrs/8760 hrs
that available wind (low end of range for
… i.e. if full load hours
resource would allow 2005 installations;
was equal to 8760,
turbines to operate at high end for 2010
capacity factor would
full capacity… min = 0, installations)
be 100%!)
max = 8760)

0 - 438 0 - 5%
439 - 876 5 - 10%
877 - 1314 10 - 15%
1315 - 1752 15 - 20%
1753 - 2190 20 - 25%
2191 - 2628 25 - 30%
2629 - 3066 30 - 35% 32 - 35% 3
3067 - 3504 35 - 40% 36 - 39% 4
3505 - 3942 40 - 45% 40 - 43% 5
3943 - 4000 45 - 46% 44 - 46% 6
3944 - 4000 45 - 46% 47 - 50% 7

* NOTE: Numbers from Table B-10 of 20% Wind Energy by 2030; shown to the right &
available: http://www.20percentwind.org/report/Appendix
%20B_Assumptions_Used_for_Wind_Deployment_System_Model.pdf
Country Country Country Full Load Wind Hrs - area (km^2) in each load range

2629 - 3066 / 3067 - 3504 / 3505 - 3942 /

ISO Code Name GEA Region Class 3 at 50m Class 4 at 50m Class 5 at 50m
ABW Aruba LAC 80 0 0
AFG Afghanistan OSA 44,008 15,193 6,633
AGO Angola SAF 0 0 0
AIA Anguilla LAC 82 0 0
ALB Albania EEU 0 0 0
AND Andorra WEU 0 0 0
ANT Netherlands Antilles LAC 588 0 0
ARE United Arab Emirates MEE 540 179 61
ARG Argentina LAC 142,223 173,992 89,152
ARM Armenia FSU 1,381 451 207
ASM American Samoa PAS 0 0 0
ATG Antigua & Barbuda LAC 0 0 0
AUS Australia OCN 339,143 78,515 0
AUT Austria WEU 2,075 1,138 602
AZE Azerbaijan FSU 0 0 0
BDI Burundi SAF 0 0 0
BEL Belgium WEU 2,625 1,613 0
BEN Benin WCA 0 0 0
BFA Burkina Faso WCA 0 0 0
BGD Bangladesh OSA 0 0 0
BGR Bulgaria EEU 0 0 0
BHR Bahrain MEE 0 0 0
BHS The Bahamas LAC 0 0 0
BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina EEU 0 0 0
BLR Belarus FSU 0 0 0
BLZ Belize LAC 497 234 6
BMU Bermuda LAC No Data No Data No Data
BOL Bolivia LAC 20,736 5,875 0
BRA Brazil LAC 1,225,289 754,534 517,807
BRB Barbados LAC 0 0 0
BRN Brunei PAS 0 0 0
BTN Bhutan OSA 784 147 16
BWA Botswana SAF 0 0 0
CAF Central African Republic WCA 0 0 0
CAN Canada CAN 1,357,662 635,789 294,430
CHE Switzerland WEU 2,142 2,339 0
CHL Chile LAC 61,670 42,732 19,103
CHN China CHN 366,922 167,383 66,893
CIV Cote d'Ivoire WCA 0 0 0
CMR Cameroon WCA 0 0 0
COG Congo WCA 0 0 0
COL Colombia LAC 17,360 12,075 25,393
COM Comoros WCA 0 0 0
CPV Cape Verde WCA 0 0 0
CRI Costa Rica LAC 446 348 328
CUB Cuba LAC 3,770 448 63
CYP Cyprus WEU 0 0 0
CZE Czech Republic EEU 2,002 6,254 2,529
DEU Germany WEU 7,811 6,151 1,391
DJI Djibouti WCA 0 0 0
DMA Dominica LAC 0 0 0
DNK Denmark WEU 7,604 11,717 12,678
DOM Dominican Republic LAC 1,025 300 82
DZA Algeria NAF 0 0 0
ECU Ecuador LAC 35,678 43,593 62,212
EGY Egypt NAF 0 0 0
ERI Eritrea EAF 0 0 0
ESH Western Sahara WCA 0 0 0
ESP Spain WEU 10,287 13,500 0
EST Estonia FSU 5,072 1,607 0
ETH Ethiopia EAF 0 0 0
FIN Finland WEU 3,200 2,272 0
FJI Fiji PAS 0 0 0
FLK Falkland Is. LAC 0 0 0
FRA France WEU 9,862 16,815 0
FRO Faroe Is. WEU 0 0 0
FSM Micronesia PAS No Data No Data No Data
GAB Gabon WCA 0 0 0
GBR United Kingdom WEU 32,208 34,405 56,567
GEO Georgia FSU 0 0 0
GHA Ghana WCA 715 268 82
GIB Gibraltar WEU 8 0 0
GIN Guinea WCA 0 0 0
GLP Guadeloupe LAC 0 0 0
GMB The Gambia WCA 0 0 0
GNB Guinea-Bissau WCA 0 0 0
GNQ Equatorial Guinea WCA 0 0 0
GRC Greece WEU 1,907 0 0
GRD Grenada LAC 0 0 0
GRL Greenland WEU 146,771 4,257 0
GTM Guatemala LAC 1,877 1,003 320
GUF French Guiana LAC 0 0 0
GUM Guam USA No Data No Data No Data
GUY Guyana LAC 0 0 0
HND Honduras LAC 2,880 1,211 485
HRV Croatia EEU 0 0 0
HTI Haiti LAC 0 0 0
HUN Hungary EEU 0 0 0
IDN Indonesia PAS 876 470 256
IND India IND 0 0 0
IRL Ireland WEU 12,945 3,998 6,720
IRN Iran MEE 0 0 0
IRQ Iraq MEE 0 0 0
ISL Iceland WEU 29,969 14,184 15,467
ISR Israel MEE 0 0 0
ITA Italy WEU 4,752 5,724 3,663
JAM Jamaica LAC 0 0 0
JOR Jordan MEE 0 0 0
JPN Japan JPN 3,033 2,781 0
KAZ Kazakhstan FSU 0 0 0
KEN Kenya EAF 0 0 0
KGZ Kyrgyzstan FSU 0 0 0
KHM Cambodia OEA 0 0 0
KNA St. Kitts & Nevis LAC 0 0 0
KOR South Korea PAS 0 0 0
KWT Kuwait MEE 0 0 0
LAO Laos OEA 0 0 0
LBN Lebanon MEE 0 0 0
LBR Liberia WCA 0 0 0
LBY Libya NAF 0 0 0
LCA St. Lucia LAC 0 0 0
LIE Liechtenstein WEU 0 0 0
LKA Sri Lanka OSA 6,119 2,341 788
LSO Lesotho SAF 0 0 0
LTU Lithuania FSU 15 520 0
LUX Luxembourg WEU 0 0 0
LVA Latvia FSU 0 4,252 0
MAR Morocco NAF 2,302 0 0
MCO Monaco WEU 0 0 0
MDA Moldova FSU 0 0 0
MDG Madagascar EAF 0 0 0
MDV Maldives OSA 96 0 0
MEX Mexico LAC 24,003 6,815 3,184
MKD Macedonia EEU 0 0 0
MLI Mali WCA 0 0 0
MLT Malta WEU 0 0 0
MMR Myanmar PAS 0 0 0
MNG Mongolia OEA 130,881 20,802 6,406
MON Montenegro EEU 0 0 0
MOZ Mozambique SAF 0 0 0
MRT Mauritania WCA 0 0 0
MSR Montserrat LAC 0 0 0
MTQ Martinique LAC 0 0 0
MUS Mauritius EAF 0 0 0
MWI Malawi SAF 0 0 0
MYS Malaysia PAS 0 0 0
MYT Mayotte SAF 0 0 0
NAM Namibia SAF 0 0 0
NCL New Caledonia PAS 0 0 0
NER Niger WCA 0 0 0
NGA Nigeria WCA 0 0 0
NIC Nicaragua LAC 6,821 4,058 1,859
NLD Netherlands WEU 4,051 6,026 167
NOR Norway WEU 29,864 42,850 116,142
NPL Nepal OSA 1,748 1,297 1,097
NZL New Zealand OCN 1,298 1,547 4,983
OMN Oman MEE 0 0 0
PAK Pakistan OSA 42,864 18,106 5,218
PAN Panama LAC 0 0 0
PER Peru LAC 79,164 143,342 142,913
PHL Philippines PAS 5,538 2,842 1,467
PNG Papua New Guinea PAS 0 0 0
POL Poland EEU 2,931 3,358 0
PRI Puerto Rico USA 17 2 1
PRK North Korea OEA 6,245 0 0
PRT Portugal WEU 3,204 2,407 0
PRY Paraguay LAC 0 0 0
PYF French Polynesia PAS No Data No Data No Data
QAT Qatar MEE 0 0 0
REU Juan De Nova I. SAF 0 0 0
ROM Romania EEU 0 0 0
RUS Russia FSU 740,568 331,982 77,476
RWA Rwanda SAF 0 0 0
SAU Saudi Arabia MEE 0 0 0
SDN Sudan NAF 0 0 0
SEN Senegal WCA 0 0 0
SGP Singapore PAS 0 0 0
SJM Jan Mayen/Svalbard WEU 1,834 11,077 23,312
SLB Solomon Is. PAS 0 0 0
SLE Sierra Leone WCA 0 0 0
SLV El Salvador LAC 1,195 750 313
SMR San Marino WEU 0 0 0
SOM Somalia EAF 0 0 0
SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon CAN 0 0 151
SRB Serbia EEU 0 0 0
STP Sao Tome & Principe WCA 0 0 0
SUR Suriname LAC 0 0 0
SVK Slovakia EEU 0 0 0
SVN Slovenia EEU 0 0 0
SWE Sweden WEU 37,202 39,863 40,226
SWZ Swaziland SAF 0 0 0
SYC Seychelles EAF No Data No Data No Data
SYR Syria MEE 0 0 0
TCA Turks & Caicos Is. LAC 0 0 0
TCD Chad WCA 0 0 0
TGO Togo WCA 0 0 0
THA Thailand PAS 0 0 0
TJK Tajikistan FSU 0 0 0
TKM Turkmenistan FSU 0 0 0
TLS Timor-Leste PAS 0 0 0
TON Tonga PAS 0 0 0
TTO Trinidad & Tobago LAC 0 0 0
TUN Tunisia NAF 0 0 0
TUR Turkey WEU 0 0 0
TUV Tuvalu PAS No Data No Data No Data
TZA Tanzania SAF 0 0 0
UGA Uganda EAF 0 0 0
UKR Ukraine FSU 0 0 0
UMI Wake I. PAS No Data No Data No Data
URY Uruguay LAC 5,330 0 0
USA United States USA 1,215,534 644,207 192,476
UZB Uzbekistan FSU 0 0 0
VCT St. Vincent & the Grenadines LAC 0 0 0
VEN Venezuela LAC 10,950 0 0
VGB British Virgin Is. LAC 0 0 0
VNM Vietnam OEA 0 0 0
VTC Vatican City WEU 0 0 0
VUT Vanuatu PAS 0 0 0
WSM Samoa PAS 0 0 0
XGK Guernsey WEU No Data No Data No Data
XIM Isle of Man WEU 0 0 617
XJE Jersey WEU 0 0 0
YEM Yemen MEE 0 0 0
ZAF South Africa SAF 0 0 0
ZAR Congo, DRC WCA 0 0 0
ZMB Zambia SAF 0 0 0
ZWE Zimbabwe SAF 0 0 0
n each load range Full Load Hr Range Capacity Factor Range

3943 - 4000 /
Class 6&7 at
50m 0 - 438 0 - 5%
0 439 - 876 5 - 10%
9,785 877 - 1314 10 - 15%
0 1315 - 1752 15 - 20%
0 1753 - 2190 20 - 25%
0 2191 - 2628 25 - 30%
0 2629 - 3066 30 - 35%
0 3067 - 3504 35 - 40%
33 3505 - 3942 40 - 45%
12,655 3943 - 4000 45 - 46%
254
0 50 m ht 2005 -2010*
0 Wind class Capacity Factor Equiv IMAGE Range
0 3 32 - 35 2629 - 3066 30 - 35%
0 4 36 - 39 3067 - 3504 35 - 40%
0 5 40 - 43 3505 - 3942 40 - 45%
0 6 44 - 46 3943 - 4000 45 - 46%
0 7 47 - 50 3943 - 4000 45 - 46%
0 * 20% Wind Energy by 2030 (http://www.20percentwind.org/report/Appendix%20B_Assumptions
0
0 Where countries were partially available with high resolution data, GIS was used to identify the ov
0
0
0
0
0
0
No Data
0
727,712
0
0
16
0
0
424,536
0
10,704
49,684
0
0
0
 3,168
0
0
525
0
0
0
23
0
0
6,465
85
0
87,601
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,423
No Data
0
23,755
0
63
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
245
0
No Data
0
476
0
 0
0
316
0
2,590
0
0
580
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,018
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,685
0
0
0
0
2,816
0
0
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,696
0
22,894
3,464
2,502
0
3,038
0
305,793
1,208
0
0
1
0
0
0
No Data
0
0
0
2,784
0
0
0
0
0
3,939
0
0
313
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0
0
9,914
0
No Data
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
No Data
0
0
0
No Data
0
185,218
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
No Data
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
t/Appendix%20B_Assumptions_Used_for_Wind_Deployment_System_Model.pdf), table B-10.

GIS was used to identify the overlap and sum the two components.
Country Country Country Full Load Wind Hrs - area (km^2) in each load range
ISO Code Name GEA Region 0 - 438 439 - 876 877 - 1314 1315 - 1752
ABW Aruba LAC 0 0 0 0
AFG Afghanistan OSA 643,557 0 0 0
AGO Angola SAF 1,254,646 0 0 0
AIA Anguilla LAC 0 0 0 0
ALB Albania EEU 28,681 0 0 0
AND Andorra WEU 0 0 0 0
ANT Netherlands Antilles LAC 0 0 0 0
ARE United Arab Emirates MEE 44,178 25,363 1,138 0
ARG Argentina LAC 1,804,292 177,293 91,566 79,365
ARM Armenia FSU 29,702 0 0 0
ASM American Samoa PAS 165 0 0 0
ATG Antigua & Barbuda LAC 532 0 0 0
AUS Australia OCN 4,018,100 735,389 807,665 752,502
AUT Austria WEU 58,855 3,535 6,369 2,094
AZE Azerbaijan FSU 101,782 0 0 0
BDI Burundi SAF 27,368 0 0 0
BEL Belgium WEU 0 7,826 11,053 3,497
BEN Benin WCA 116,921 0 0 0
BFA Burkina Faso WCA 274,009 0 0 0
BGD Bangladesh OSA 138,448 0 0 0
BGR Bulgaria EEU 109,068 2,012 0 0
BHR Bahrain MEE 0 0 567 76
BHS The Bahamas LAC 3,367 0 1,383 6,784
BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina EEU 51,538 0 0 0
BLR Belarus FSU 168,451 24,366 14,499 0
BLZ Belize LAC 12,248 4,738 1,603 3,310
BMU Bermuda LAC No Data No Data No Data No Data
BOL Bolivia LAC 703,699 122,516 66,258 82,376
BRA Brazil LAC 8,395,474 107,255 3,089 6,713
BRB Barbados LAC 449 0 0 0
BRN Brunei PAS 5,767 0 0 0
BTN Bhutan OSA 39,991 0 0 0
BWA Botswana SAF 581,122 0 0 0
CAF Central African Republic WCA 622,696 0 0 0
CAN Canada CAN 4,252,644 570,352 376,396 548,251
CHE Switzerland WEU 24,095 2,123 0 1,993
CHL Chile LAC 337,340 33,408 31,166 44,796
CHN China CHN 9,197,262 160,989 59,498 4,415
CIV Cote d'Ivoire WCA 323,407 0 0 0
CMR Cameroon WCA 467,182 0 0 0
COG Congo WCA 346,332 0 0 0
COL Colombia LAC 723,697 199,825 48,064 33,786
COM Comoros WCA 271 1,455 0 0
CPV Cape Verde WCA 3,980 0 0 0
CRI Costa Rica LAC 0 0 16,261 29,190
CUB Cuba LAC 71,640 27,573 10,065 0
CYP Cyprus WEU 9,094 0 0 0
CZE Czech Republic EEU 4,810 5,998 25,994 14,749
DEU Germany WEU 179,869 55,612 28,361 46,079
DJI Djibouti WCA 21,568 0 0 0
DMA Dominica LAC 774 0 0 0
DNK Denmark WEU 0 0 0 0
DOM Dominican Republic LAC 22,842 8,038 4,607 8,943
DZA Algeria NAF 2,295,909 22,528 7,585 120
ECU Ecuador LAC 0 1,775 640 5,103
EGY Egypt NAF 475,674 332,199 125,398 53,628
ERI Eritrea EAF 121,424 0 0 0
ESH Western Sahara WCA 170,681 59,455 32,838 7,143
ESP Spain WEU 248,921 108,788 47,218 16,474
EST Estonia FSU 0 1,664 5,829 8,248
ETH Ethiopia EAF 1,012,160 93,668 22,715 3,229
FIN Finland WEU 301,968 4,103 8,118 5,336
FJI Fiji PAS 18,056 0 0 0
FLK Falkland Is. LAC 0 0 0 0
FRA France WEU 171,036 83,294 114,029 72,782
FRO Faroe Is. WEU 0 0 0 0
FSM Micronesia PAS No Data No Data No Data No Data
GAB Gabon WCA 262,447 0 0 0
GBR United Kingdom WEU 0 0 0 12,186
GEO Georgia FSU 68,965 729 0 295
GHA Ghana WCA 240,476 0 0 0
GIB Gibraltar WEU 0 0 0 0
GIN Guinea WCA 245,776 803 0 0
GLP Guadeloupe LAC 1,613 0 0 0
GMB The Gambia WCA 10,787 0 0 0
GNB Guinea-Bissau WCA 33,462 0 0 0
GNQ Equatorial Guinea WCA 27,103 0 0 0
GRC Greece WEU 121,719 212 0 1,774
GRD Grenada LAC 348 0 0 0
GRL Greenland WEU 633,243 401,356 267,255 219,920
GTM Guatemala LAC 100,310 2,794 2,741 1,976
GUF French Guiana LAC 83,692 0 0 0
GUM Guam USA No Data No Data No Data No Data
GUY Guyana LAC 211,839 0 0 0
HND Honduras LAC 1,752 3,075 390 26
HRV Croatia EEU 55,834 0 0 0
HTI Haiti LAC 27,111 0 0 0
HUN Hungary EEU 92,721 209 20 0
IDN Indonesia PAS 1,871,973 13,855 2,337 0
IND India IND 3,057,891 108,514 0 0
IRL Ireland WEU 0 1,875 7,436 5,517
IRN Iran MEE 1,638,670 3,115 0 0
IRQ Iraq MEE 342,580 94,865 0 0
ISL Iceland WEU 0 0 0 14,678
ISR Israel MEE 23,252 2,679 1,061 1
ITA Italy WEU 176,906 24,131 49,547 28,562
JAM Jamaica LAC 11,097 0 0 0
JOR Jordan MEE 63,287 20,323 4,852 1,036
JPN Japan JPN 286,672 31,731 26,240 6,913
KAZ Kazakhstan FSU 1,664,184 605,600 317,361 137,557
KEN Kenya EAF 285,435 117,518 145,278 24,435
KGZ Kyrgyzstan FSU 199,732 0 0 0
KHM Cambodia OEA 182,848 0 0 0
KNA St. Kitts & Nevis LAC 197 0 0 0
KOR South Korea PAS 97,356 0 0 0
KWT Kuwait MEE 319 16,079 401 0
LAO Laos OEA 231,119 0 0 0
LBN Lebanon MEE 10,240 0 0 0
LBR Liberia WCA 96,631 0 0 0
LBY Libya NAF 1,542,632 68,718 10,434 2,080
LCA St. Lucia LAC 636 0 0 0
LIE Liechtenstein WEU 176 0 0 0
LKA Sri Lanka OSA 21,534 40,452 4,155 0
LSO Lesotho SAF 30,622 0 0 0
LTU Lithuania FSU 34,548 11,360 13,610 2,935
LUX Luxembourg WEU 113 1,590 875 0
LVA Latvia FSU 25,417 9,824 4,083 17,329
MAR Morocco NAF 283,792 83,792 25,837 6,254
MCO Monaco WEU 0 0 9 0
MDA Moldova FSU 1,244 20,804 11,623 0
MDG Madagascar EAF 573,217 6,554 6,747 5,811
MDV Maldives OSA No Data No Data No Data No Data
MEX Mexico LAC 1,526,541 164,503 78,764 56,557
MKD Macedonia EEU 25,483 0 0 0
MLI Mali WCA 1,256,214 2,974 0 0
MLT Malta WEU 0 0 64 231
MMR Myanmar PAS 670,099 0 0 0
MNG Mongolia OEA 1,562,323 0 0 0
MON Montenegro EEU 13,804 0 0 0
MOZ Mozambique SAF 781,096 6,828 2,600 20
MRT Mauritania WCA 1,029,863 9,029 3,060 1,735
MSR Montserrat LAC 113 0 0 0
MTQ Martinique LAC 1,138 0 0 0
MUS Mauritius EAF 611 0 0 0
MWI Malawi SAF 113,050 6,141 9 0
MYS Malaysia PAS 330,561 0 0 0
MYT Mayotte SAF 449 0 0 0
NAM Namibia SAF 828,141 0 0 0
NCL New Caledonia PAS 0 971 10,117 5,274
NER Niger WCA 1,188,213 0 0 0
NGA Nigeria WCA 913,345 0 0 0
NIC Nicaragua LAC 0 0 58 10,761
NLD Netherlands WEU 0 1,064 6,616 11,422
NOR Norway WEU 42,537 8,760 8,883 4,435
NPL Nepal OSA 147,710 0 0 0
NZL New Zealand OCN 234,759 6,281 4,857 3,943
OMN Oman MEE 148,603 161,535 0 0
PAK Pakistan OSA 877,737 1,755 0 0
PAN Panama LAC 13,564 22,621 27,301 11,083
PER Peru LAC 344,180 41,620 46,147 85,654
PHL Philippines PAS 293,348 0 0 0
PNG Papua New Guinea PAS 464,305 0 0 0
POL Poland EEU 80,486 111,749 80,005 18,589
PRI Puerto Rico USA 0 0 0 0
PRK North Korea OEA 67,870 10,931 9,530 11,651
PRT Portugal WEU 31,019 20,179 24,231 4,147
PRY Paraguay LAC 400,654 0 0 0
PYF French Polynesia PAS No Data No Data No Data No Data
QAT Qatar MEE 0 0 11,144 0
REU Juan De Nova I. SAF 0 1,285 1,371 0
ROM Romania EEU 207,121 16,024 10,478 772
RUS Russia FSU 10,284,827 1,362,639 1,051,907 1,078,261
RWA Rwanda SAF 25,306 0 0 0
SAU Saudi Arabia MEE 1,525,246 263,815 117,991 22,271
SDN Sudan NAF 2,501,583 0 0 0
SEN Senegal WCA 197,080 0 0 0
SGP Singapore PAS 555 0 0 0
SJM Jan Mayen/Svalbard WEU 0 0 0 0
SLB Solomon Is. PAS 26,841 0 0 0
SLE Sierra Leone WCA 45,506 15,727 5,017 0
SLV El Salvador LAC 13,658 5,078 742 0
SMR San Marino WEU 4 0 56 0
SOM Somalia EAF 173,489 93,993 55,460 255,715
SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon CAN 0 0 0 0
SRB Serbia EEU 88,157 0 0 0
STP Sao Tome & Principe WCA 189 894 0 0
SUR Suriname LAC 145,952 0 0 0
SVK Slovakia EEU 32,881 6,974 5,337 2,366
SVN Slovenia EEU 18,552 0 0 0
SWE Sweden WEU 172,914 39,563 31,108 26,695
SWZ Swaziland SAF 17,180 0 0 0
SYC Seychelles EAF No Data No Data No Data No Data
SYR Syria MEE 78,318 110,115 0 0
TCA Turks & Caicos Is. LAC 268 0 0 0
TCD Chad WCA 1,271,508 0 0 0
TGO Togo WCA 57,487 0 0 0
THA Thailand PAS 514,950 0 0 0
TJK Tajikistan FSU 142,640 0 0 0
TKM Turkmenistan FSU 491,861 4,798 0 0
TLS Timor-Leste PAS 12,434 2,705 0 0
TON Tonga PAS 93 0 323 0
TTO Trinidad & Tobago LAC 5,041 0 0 0
TUN Tunisia NAF 130,715 13,362 7,041 4,616
TUR Turkey WEU 771,810 7,311 0 1,675
TUV Tuvalu PAS No Data No Data No Data No Data
TZA Tanzania SAF 876,576 51,828 5,371 1,308
UGA Uganda EAF 222,827 0 0 0
UKR Ukraine FSU 280,832 157,179 114,572 29,485
UMI Wake I. PAS No Data No Data No Data No Data
URY Uruguay LAC 103,358 32,984 2,576 21,825
USA United States USA 2,523,222 1,118,460 977,459 851,677
UZB Uzbekistan FSU 430,011 2,182 0 0
VCT St. Vincent & the Grenadines LAC 344 0 0 0
VEN Venezuela LAC 862,615 11,347 15,878 9,980
VGB British Virgin Is. LAC 0 0 0 0
VIR Virgin Is. USA 0 0 0 0
VNM Vietnam OEA 326,025 0 0 0
VTC Vatican City WEU 0 0 0 0
VUT Vanuatu PAS 11,928 0 0 168
WSM Samoa PAS 2,850 0 0 0
XGK Guernsey WEU No Data No Data No Data No Data
XIM Isle of Man WEU 0 0 0 0
XJE Jersey WEU 0 0 0 0
YEM Yemen MEE 321,260 133,908 941 0
ZAF South Africa SAF 1,193,418 27,834 1,091 1,311
ZAR Congo, DRC WCA 2,342,044 0 0 0
ZMB Zambia SAF 756,399 27 0 0
ZWE Zimbabwe SAF 391,931 0 0 0
 Full Load Hr Range
1753 - 2190 2191 - 2628 2629 - 3066 3067 - 3504 3505 - 3942 3943 - 4000 0 - 438
0 0 80 0 0 0 439 - 876
0 0 0 0 0 0 877 - 1314
0 0 0 0 0 0 1315 - 1752
0 0 82 0 0 0 1753 - 2190
0 0 0 0 0 0 2191 - 2628
33 474 0 0 0 0 2629 - 3066
0 206 588 0 0 0 3067 - 3504
0 0 0 0 0 0 3505 - 3942
96,479 120,279 142,223 173,992 89,152 12,655 3943 - 4000
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
538,317 444,367 339,143 78,515 0 0
3,650 5,578 2,075 1,138 602 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
1,952 2,045 2,625 1,613 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 114 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
58,480 32,753 20,736 5,875 0 0
361 6,094 0 33 3,791 23
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
653,103 822,965 1,283,768 755,292 499,603 89,685
0 8,781 2,142 2,339 0 0
101,755 65,314 59,949 42,172 18,758 10,360
1,245 130 744 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
49,635 29,580 17,360 12,075 25,393 3,168
0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 0
5,941 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
9,721 6,611 2,002 6,254 2,529 0
20,796 10,630 7,811 6,151 1,391 23
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
388 3,682 7,604 11,717 12,678 6,465
4,040 155 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
9,543 10,787 35,678 43,593 62,212 87,601
13,927 1,507 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
34,258 26,420 10,287 13,500 0 0
10,750 12,540 5,072 1,607 0 0
3,002 3 0 0 0 0
6,795 2,052 3,200 2,272 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 11,475 0 0 0 0
36,143 43,599 9,862 16,815 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1,423
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 0 0
33,420 51,138 32,208 34,405 56,567 23,755
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 8 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
1,693 2,877 1,907 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
175,733 246,931 146,771 4,257 0 0
0 0 1,177 0 652 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 0 0
7,793 2,587 11,820 20,531 27,804 36,990
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
8,614 19,778 12,945 3,998 6,720 2,590
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
7,841 19,679 29,969 14,184 15,467 580
0 0 0 0 0 0
597 6,061 4,752 5,724 3,663 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
10,937 2,514 3,033 2,781 0 0
12,172 0 0 0 0 0
12,280 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
464 1,406 15 520 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3,494 16 0 4,252 0 0
2,451 0 2,302 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
1,342 2,085 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
78,263 53,941 5,521 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2,365 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
21,485 7,055 20,150 28,501 6,215 34,641
5,104 423 4,051 6,026 167 0
20,604 22,405 29,864 42,850 116,142 22,894
0 0 0 0 0 0
4,381 3,137 1,298 1,547 4,983 2,502
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
40,603 69,539 79,164 143,342 142,913 305,793
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
10,379 3,660 2,931 3,358 0 0
8,621 0 127 0 0 0
16,073 0 6,245 0 0 0
1,063 3,205 3,204 2,407 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2,939 0 0 0 0 0
931,410 1,009,796 705,102 340,640 88,160 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
3,948 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1,834 11,077 23,312 3,939
0 0 0 0 0 0
3,749 2,869 0 0 0 0
1,214 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
43,686 18,046 0 0 0 0
0 104 0 0 151 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
1,327 0 0 0 0 0
 1,863 0 0 0 0 0
18,960 27,756 37,202 39,863 40,226 9,914
0 0 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
10,749 4,126 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
2,561 9,700 5,330 0 0 0
1,186,725 1,276,645 762,724 336,453 312,293 61,239
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
5,702 0 10,950 0 0 0
69 0 0 0 0 0
300 0 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
0 0 0 0 617 0
0 125 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Capacity Factor Range
0 - 5%
5 - 10%
10 - 15%
15 - 20%
20 - 25%
25 - 30%
30 - 35%
35 - 40%
40 - 45%
45 - 46%
Onshore estimates only, no exclusions

Country GEA Reg Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Class 6 Class 7

Afghanistan OSA 44,008 15,193 6,633 6,615 3,169
Armenia FSU 1,381 451 207 169 85
Belize LAC 497 234 6 0 0
Bhutan OSA 784 147 16 10 6
Brazil LAC 1,225,289 754,534 517,807 514,435 213,277
Canada CAN 1,357,662 635,789 294,430 260,703 163,832
Chile (partial) LAC 1,721 560 345 158 186
China (Partial) CHN 366,178 167,383 66,893 35,247 14,437
Costa Rica LAC 446 348 328 342 183
Cuba LAC 3,770 448 63 0 0
Dominican Republic LAC 1,025 300 82 62 23
El Salvador LAC 1,195 750 313 269 44
Ghana WCA 715 268 82 63 0
Guatemala LAC 1,877 1,003 320 200 45
Honduras LAC 2,880 1,211 485 355 121
Indonesia (partial) PAS 876 470 256 253 63
Mexico (partial) MEX 18,482 6,815 3,184 3,015 1,669
Mongolia OEA 130,881 20,802 6,406 2,674 142
Nepal OSA 1,748 1,297 1,097 1,422 2,043
Nicaragua LAC 6,821 4,058 1,859 1,469 227
Pakistan OSA 42,864 18,106 5,218 2,495 543
Russia (partial) FSU 47,004 12,194 3,990 1,748 1,036
United Arab Emirates MEE 540 179 61 28 5
USA 48 USA 1,073,993 533,228 115,616 29,867 15,583
USA Alaska (partial) USA 140,095 110,229 76,470 68,487 70,743
USA Hawaii USA 1,446 751 390 319 219
USA Puerto Rico & Virgin USA 17 2 1 1 0
Maldives OSA 96 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka OSA 6,119 2,341 788 517 501
Philippines PAS 5,538 2,842 1,467 1,110 98

1,215,534 644,207 192,476

 Cumulative
Notes Class 7
NREL 3,169.4
NREL 85.0
NREL 0.0
NREL 6.0
INPE 213,276.7
50 m wind power from CANWEA 2008 assessment 163,832.4
NREL - 18,528 sq. km. of southern Chile 186.0
NREL - 2,676,411 sq. km. of eastern China in mapping area. 14,437.0
NREL 183.0
NREL 0.0
NREL 23.0
NREL 44.0
NREL 0.0
NREL 45.0
NREL 121.0
NREL - 27,345 sq. km. mapped (Islands of Sumba and w. Timor) 62.9
NREL - 523,244 sq. km. mapped (northern border area with US, Baja California Sur, Yucatan Peninsula, Oaxaca) 1,669.5
NREL 142.3
Riso 2,042.6
NREL 227.0
NREL 543.2
NREL - 207,168 sq. km. of northwestern Russia mapped 1,036.0
NREL 5.0
NREL/other composite April 2009 15,583.4
NREL - 1,190,645 sq. km mapped including central and southeast Alaska. 70,743.1
NREL 218.9
NREL 0.0
NREL 0.0
NREL 501.0
NREL 98.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Cumulative
Class 6 Class 5 Class 4 Class 3
9,784.8 16,417.5 31,610.9 75,619.1
254.0 461.0 912.0 2,293.0
0.0 6.0 240.0 737.0
16.1 32.1 178.7 962.7
727,712.1 ### 2,000,053.4 3,225,342.1
424,535.5 718,965.1 1,354,754.3 2,712,416.7
344.0 689.0 1,249.0 2,970.0
49,684.0 116,577.0 283,960.0 650,138.0
525.0 853.0 1,201.0 1,647.0
0.0 63.0 511.0 4,281.0
85.0 167.0 467.0 1,492.0
313.0 626.0 1,376.0 2,571.0
63.0 145.0 413.0 1,128.0
245.0 565.0 1,568.0 3,445.0
476.0 961.0 2,172.0 5,052.0
316.0 571.7 1,041.9 1,917.4
4,684.9 7,869.3 14,684.3 33,166.2
2,816.3 9,222.6 30,025.1 160,906.1
3,464.5 4,561.9 5,858.4 7,606.0
1,696.0 3,555.0 7,613.0 14,434.0
3,038.1 8,256.4 26,362.1 69,226.3
2,784.0 6,774.0 18,968.0 65,972.0
33.1 94.0 272.8 813.0
45,450.1 161,066.4 694,293.9 1,768,286.7
139,229.9 215,700.1 325,928.7 466,024.2
538.1 927.9 1,679.0 3,125.0
0.6 1.2 3.7 20.5
0.0 0.0 0.0 96.0
1,018.0 1,806.0 4,147.0 10,266.0
1,208.0 2,675.0 5,517.0 11,055.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 192,476.2 836,683.5 2,052,217.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0