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EU: WIND ENERGY
[MW]
72 Renewable Energy Sources in Figures
Total wind energy capacity installed worldwide at the end of 2010 amounted to nearly
200 GW. For the first time China moved to the top of the Top Ten rankings with a total of
42,287 MW, thereby pushing the USA and Germany into second (40,180 MW) and third place
(27,214 MW) [111].
Whereas the expansion of land-based wind energy in the EU was down by 13.9 % compared
with the year before, the offshore market expanded by more than 50 percent in 2010. A total
of 308 new wind turbines in 9 wind parks with an additional capacity of 883 MW were connected
to the grid. Thus the total capacity available at the end of 2010 came to nearly 3 GW.
This capacity would permit generation of 11.5 TWh of electricity in a normal wind year 1) .
The EWEA expects a further 1,000 to 1,500 MW of offshore wind energy in Europe to be connected
to the grid in 2011 [108].
1) For comparison: Berlin’s electricity consumption in 2006 came to 13.4 TWh [115].
Development of cumulative wind energy capacity in the EU Member States
90,000
80,000
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
476
1990
Capacity addition, 2010
Total: about 9,300 MW
ES
16 %
DE
16 %
2,465
1995
IT
10 %
FR
12 %
UK
10 %
Rest of EU
35 %
Spain
Germany
EU-27
40,514
47,685
55,957
64,429
74,919
84,074
34,251
20,676
28,513
19,160
16,546
23,061
14,779
11,736
17,151
9,918
8,317
12,801
6,234
4,798
3,244
16,623 18,390 20,579 22,194 23,836
25,716 27,204
2,274
8,750 11,989 14,604
6,097
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total wind energy capacity in 2010 does not correspond exactly to the sum of installed capacity at the end of 2009 plus additions in
2010; this is due to repowering and closures of existing wind turbines.
Sources: EWEA [100]; Eurostat [98]; Germany see p. 17; DEWI [33]