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Installed wind power capacity by region 2018
Installed wind power capacity by region 2018
Global installed wind power capacity in 2018, by region (in megawatts)
This statistic represents global installed wind power capacity in 2018. At the end of 2018, the America's cumulative installed wind power capacity reached approximately 135.1 gigawatts. The U.S. generated around 254 billion kilowatt hours of wind electricity that year.
Global installed wind power capacity in 2018, by region (in megawatts)
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| Capacity in megawatts | |
|---|---|
| World total | 591,549 |
| Asia Pacific | 261,152 |
| Europe | 189,606 |
| Americas | 135,071 |
| Africa and Middle East | 5,720 |
| Capacity in megawatts | |
|---|---|
| World total | 591,549 |
| Asia Pacific | 261,152 |
| Europe | 189,606 |
| Americas | 135,071 |
| Africa and Middle East | 5,720 |
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This statistic represents global installed wind power capacity in 2018. At the end of 2018, the America's cumulative installed wind power capacity reached approximately 135.1 gigawatts. The U.S. generated around 254 billion kilowatt hours of wind electricity that year.
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- 2018
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- Figures for onshore and offshore were added together.
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2018
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- Figures for onshore and offshore were added together.
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- Cumulative European offshore wind power capacity installations from 2006 to 2018 (in megawatts)
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- Annual European offshore wind power capacity installations from 2015 to 2018, by manufacturer (in megawatts)
- Offshore wind net megawatts connected to the grid in Europe during 2018, per country (in megawatts)
- Offshore wind energy used for the generation of electricity and heat in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2017 (in 1,000 metric tons of oil equivalent*)
- Number of installed offshore wind farm foundations in Europe at the end of 2018, by manufacturer and type
- Share of substructure types for grid-connected offshore wind turbines in Europe at the end of 2018 (in number of units installed)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Europe from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Austria from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in France from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Germany from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Ireland from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Italy from 2012 to 2019 (in gigawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Poland from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Spain from 2013 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in Turkey from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
- Total installed wind power capacity in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2018 (in megawatts)
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