Installations of wind energy infrastructure were up 50% last year compared to 2022, making it a record year for the industry globally.
Some 117GW of new capacity was installed in 54 countries, according to analysis by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). Gathering momentum in offshore wind and promising outlooks in developing countries mean the organisation has revised its 2024-2030 growth forecast upwards by around 10%.
However, the GWEC said that policymakers and industry need to unlock more growth to stay on the net-zero pathway.
“Growth is highly concentrated in a few big countries like China, the US, Brazil and Germany, and we need many more countries to remove barriers and improve market frameworks to scale up wind installations,” said GWEC CEO Ben Backwell.
