Inventory of the world's top ten countries with the highest installed wind power capacity

At present, wind power has become an important source of global energy power generation, with global power generation reaching more than
600GW in 2018.
The amount of new generation is also different from year to year in each region, for example, in Europe, wind power generation in 2018 decreased by 32%
compared to 2017.
Now, let's take stock of the world's top ten wind power generation countries
.

China: 221GW installed capacity

China is the world leader in wind energy, with more than one-third of the world's installed wind power capacity
.
China's Gansu province has the world's largest onshore wind farm, with an installed capacity of 7,965 MW, five times
that of the world's second continent.

The wind farm currently accounts for only 40% of its capacity, with an additional 13,000MW to be installed, bringing the total capacity to 20,000MW (20GW)
by 2020.
The expansion is expected to cost $17.
5 billion.

United States: 96.
4GW installed capacity

The United States ranks second in the world with 96.
4GW of installed capacity, particularly strong
in onshore wind.
Six of the world's 10 largest onshore wind farms are located in the United States
.
These include Alta Wind Energy Center in California, the world's second continent wind farm with a capacity of 1,548 MW, Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm in Oregon (845 MW) and Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas (781.
5 MW).

Texas alone generates 24.
9GW of installed wind capacity, a quarter of U.
S.
wind power and provides more wind power than the other 25 U.
S.
states combined
.

Germany: 59.
3GW installed capacity

Germany has the highest installed wind capacity in Europe at 59.
3GW.

Its largest offshore wind farm is Gode Windfarms (Phases 1 and 2) with a total capacity of 582MW.

Germany is also home to the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, which has a capacity of 382MW and can provide energy to 400,000 homes
.

According to Wind Europe, Europe installed 11.
7GW of wind energy
in 2018.
Of this, Germany accounts for 29% of the total capacity of less than 3.
4GW, of which 2.
4GW is onshore and less than 1GW
of offshore wind.

India: 35GW installed capacity

India is the second highest wind power producer in Asia and the only Asian country other than China to squeeze into the world's top ten wind power installations, with a total capacity of 35GW.

The country is home to the world's third and fourth on-continent wind farms, which are the Muppandal Wind Farm in Tamil Nadu in southern India (1,500MW) and the Jaisalmer Wind Farm in Rajasthan, northern India (1,064MW).

The Indian government has set a target of installing 60GW of wind energy by 2022, that is, 25GW
in the next three years.

Spain: 23GW installed capacity

Spain is strong in wind energy, with a capacity of 23GW, accounting for 18%
of Spain's electricity supply.
The country ranks fifth in the world, although neither its onshore nor offshore wind farms reach the top 20 in terms of capacity
.

The Spanish wind industry has actually been in steep decline
over the past few years.
After no new installed capacity in 2015, the energy mix in 2016-2017 increased by only 104MW.

The number of people employed in the wind power sector in Spain has also decreased from about 41,500 in 2008 to about 22,500
.

UK: 20.
7GW installed capacity

The UK is the third European country on the list, with a total capacity of just over 20.
7GW
.
The UK is particularly noteworthy in terms of offshore wind, with six
of the world's ten offshore wind projects.

One of these is the Walney project
on the coast of Cumbria in northwest England.
This is the world's largest offshore wind project, with Walney 1&2 (367MW) and Walney Extension (659MW) totaling 1,026MW.

However, when the installed capacity of Hornsea One offshore wind power is fully commissioned in 2020, it will replace Walney offshore wind farm as
the world's number one farm.

France: 15.
3GW installed capacity

In terms of capacity, France ranks seventh
among the top ten wind energy countries.
It is currently moving away from nuclear power, which previously met 75% of the country's energy needs, and will increase its renewable energy budget to €71 billion between 2019 and 2028 to fill the gap
.
This will allow it to triple its onshore wind capacity by 2030
.

However, hostility towards wind energy is "deeply rooted" in France, as most people perceive wind turbines
as ugly and noisy.

Brazil: 14.
5 GW installed capacity

With 14.
5GW of installed wind capacity, Brazil is the largest wind power nation in South America and is significantly expanding its production capacity
.
The latest data shows that wind power increased by 8.
9%
year-on-year in February 2019.

Wind power ranks fourth in Brazil's total energy mix, accounting for about
8% of Brazil's total energy of 162.
5GW.

President Jair Bolsonaro has some concerns
about the future of wind energy.
On the one hand, he expressed support for expanding wind energy, but could also reduce subsidies
due to neoliberal economic policies.

Canada: 12.
8GW installed capacity

Canada has 12.
8GW of wind capacity, with 566MW of new capacity
added in 2018.
This energy is generated
by 299 wind farms and 6,596 wind turbines.

Ontario has the largest wind energy resources, but only 5GW of installations
.
The largest wind farm in Canada is the Rivière-du-Moulin project in Quebec, with a total capacity of 300MW.

Wind energy accounts for about 5% of Canada's renewable energy supply, while hydropower accounts for 67.
5%.

Italy: 10.
1GW installed capacity

In tenth place is Italy, where wind power capacity exceeded 10 GW
for the first time in 2018.

Currently, wind power in Italy is generated entirely by onshore wind, but this month German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion signed an agreement with Renexia to build the first offshore wind farm
off the coast of Puglia in southern Italy.

Italy's wind energy industry is mainly concentrated in
the south and its islands.
For example, all onshore wind installations of Italian energy company ERG are located south of
Rome.