WORLD WIND NEARING 300 GIGAWATTS

Worldwide Wind Capacity close to 300 Gigawatt

17 October 2013 (World Wind Energy Association)

“The worldwide wind capacity reached 296’255 MW by the end of June 2013 [according to the 2013 Half-Year Report from the World Wind Energy Association], out of which 13’980 MW were added in the first six months of 2012. This increase is significantly less than in the first half of 2012 and 2011, when 16,5 GW and 18,4 GW respectively were added. All wind turbines installed worldwide by mid-2013 can generate around 3,5 % of the world’s electricity demand…The global wind capacity grew by 5% within six months (after 7 % in the same period in 2012 and 9 % in 2011) and by 16,6 % on an annual basis (mid-2013 compared with mid-2012). In comparison, the annual growth rate in 2012 was significantly higher (19 %)…” click here for more

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