Renewable energy sources - wind
China generated the most power by wind energy of 295,023 million-kWH in 2017, followed by United States at 257,249 million-kWH and Germany at 105,693 million-kWH.
Country | Window energy in million-kWH (2017) |
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China | 295023 |
United States | 257249 |
Germany | 105693 |
United Kingdom | 50004 |
Spain | 49127 |
Brazil | 42354 |
India | 38486 |
Canada | 28775 |
France | 24711 |
Turkey | 17903 |
Italy | 17742 |
Sweden | 17609 |
Poland | 14909 |
Denmark | 14780 |
Australia | 12597 |
Portugal | 12247 |
Netherlands | 10569 |
Mexico | 10442 |
Ireland | 7445 |
Romania | 7406 |
Austria | 6574 |
Belgium | 6510 |
Japan | 6490 |
Greece | 5537 |
South Africa | 5090 |
Finland | 4795 |
Uruguay | 3774.5 |
Chile | 3521 |
Morocco | 3035 |
Norway | 2852 |
Egypt | 2200 |
Korea, Republic of | 2169 |
New Zealand | 2141 |
Other Asia | 1730 |
Bulgaria | 1504 |
Pakistan | 1422 |
Lithuania | 1364 |
Costa Rica | 1287.679 |
Croatia | 1204 |
Thailand | 1109 |
Philippines | 1093.6 |
Peru | 1073 |
Ukraine | 984 |
Ethiopia | 862 |
Hungary | 758 |
Estonia | 723 |
Nicaragua | 635 |
Argentina | 612 |
Czechia | 591 |
Honduras | 578 |
Panama | 491.2 |
Jordan | 449.1 |
Tunisia | 449 |
Dominican Republic | 390.4 |
Sri Lanka | 366.8 |
Kazakhstan | 339 |
CuraƧao | 313 |
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | 306 |
Jamaica | 289 |
Viet Nam | 270 |
Luxembourg | 235 |
Guatemala | 218.06 |
Cyprus | 211 |
Puerto Rico | 193.7 |
Israel | 180 |
Latvia | 150 |
Russian Federation | 140 |
Aruba | 138.4 |
Switzerland | 133 |
North Macedonia | 110.48 |
Mauritania | 101 |
Venezuela (Bolivar. Rep.) | 98 |
Belarus | 97 |
Montenegro | 95 |
Georgia | 87.8 |
Cabo Verde | 76.2 |
Ecuador | 73.4 |
Algeria | 68 |
Kenya | 61.3 |
Bolivia (Plur. State of) | 60 |
Faeroe Islands | 59.7 |
Serbia | 48.457 |
New Caledonia | 45.1 |
Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba | 35.3 |
Azerbaijan | 22.1 |
Cuba | 21.1 |
Mauritius | 14.6 |
Iceland | 8 |
St. Kitts-Nevis | 8 |
Republic of Moldova | 7 |
Seychelles | 6.6 |
Indonesia | 6 |
Nepal | 6 |
Slovakia | 6 |
Slovenia | 6 |
Vanuatu | 5.5 |
Falkland Is. (Malvinas) | 5.1682 |
Bangladesh | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | 3.555 |
Colombia | 3 |
Armenia | 2.1 |
Fiji | 2.083 |
Eritrea | 2 |
Maldives | 2 |
St. Helena and Depend. | 1.8609 |
Bhutan | 1.11 |
Bahrain | 1 |
Samoa | 1 |
British Virgin Islands | 0.7 |
Guam | 0.5 |
Tuvalu | 0.2 |
Tonga | 0.002 |
Global electricity production in 2017 was 25.6 trillion-kWh, of which wind energy accounted for 1.11 trillion-kWh. Which means about 4.35% of the total electricity was produced from wind energy.
Denmark is the top country where 47.6% of the total electricity is generated using wind energy. That is a significant percentage and bodes well for the environment. They are followed by Uruguay with 26.4% and Ireland by 24.1%. Only countries with a total power consumption of more than 10,000 million-kWh are shown in the list and chart.
Country | Total Electricity | Percent of wind power |
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Denmark | 31040 | 47.6 |
Uruguay | 14319 | 26.4 |
Ireland | 30874 | 24.1 |
Portugal | 59434 | 20.6 |
Spain | 275726 | 17.8 |
Germany | 653736 | 16.2 |
United Kingdom | 338338 | 14.8 |
Romania | 64296 | 11.5 |
Costa Rica | 11332 | 11.4 |
Sweden | 164250 | 10.7 |
Croatia | 11986 | 10.0 |
Greece | 55266 | 10.0 |
Austria | 71323 | 9.2 |
Morocco | 33192 | 9.1 |
Netherlands | 117263 | 9.0 |
Poland | 170467 | 8.7 |
Belgium | 86608 | 7.5 |
Brazil | 589327 | 7.2 |
Finland | 67522 | 7.1 |
Ethiopia | 13982 | 6.2 |
Turkey | 297277 | 6.0 |
United States | 4286423 | 6.0 |
Italy | 295833 | 6.0 |
Estonia | 12904 | 5.6 |
Australia | 258018 | 4.9 |
New Zealand | 44214 | 4.8 |
China | 6495143 | 4.5 |
Panama | 11054 | 4.4 |
Chile | 79416 | 4.4 |
France | 562147 | 4.4 |
Canada | 658399 | 4.4 |
Bulgaria | 45612 | 3.3 |
Mexico | 322063 | 3.2 |
India | 1490293 | 2.6 |
Sri Lanka | 15004 | 2.4 |
Hungary | 32871 | 2.3 |
Tunisia | 20589 | 2.2 |
Jordan | 20760 | 2.2 |
Dominican Republic | 19036 | 2.1 |
Peru | 52743 | 2.0 |
South Africa | 255134 | 2.0 |
Norway | 149359 | 1.9 |
Guatemala | 12272 | 1.8 |
Puerto Rico | 16582 | 1.2 |
Pakistan | 123533 | 1.2 |
Philippines | 95746 | 1.1 |
Egypt | 194992 | 1.1 |
Georgia | 11531 | 0.8 |
Czechia | 87049 | 0.7 |
Other Asia | 268406 | 0.6 |
Ukraine | 156037 | 0.6 |
Japan | 1068322 | 0.6 |
Kenya | 10128 | 0.6 |
Thailand | 186546 | 0.6 |
Argentina | 145618 | 0.4 |
Korea, Republic of | 566881 | 0.4 |
Kazakhstan | 103128 | 0.3 |
Belarus | 34515 | 0.3 |
Israel | 67675 | 0.3 |
Ecuador | 28033 | 0.3 |
Switzerland | 63089 | 0.2 |
Viet Nam | 198499 | 0.1 |
Serbia | 37045 | 0.1 |
Cuba | 20558 | 0.1 |
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) | 307982 | 0.1 |
Azerbaijan | 24320 | 0.1 |
Algeria | 76018 | 0.1 |
Venezuela (Bolivar. Rep.) | 121415 | 0.1 |
Iceland | 19239 | 0.0 |
Slovenia | 16326 | 0.0 |
Slovakia | 27738 | 0.0 |
Russian Federation | 1094288 | 0.0 |
Bangladesh | 73158 | 0.0 |
Colombia | 75125 | 0.0 |
Bahrain | 29193 | 0.0 |
Indonesia | 283647 | 0.0 |
Saudi Arabia | 355079 | 0.0 |
Growth of wind power generation
Power generation using wind energy is growing rapidly. Starting from about 3.8 billion-kWh in 1990, wind power generation has increased to 1114 billion-kWh in 2017.
Year | Wind power generated, million-kWh |
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1990 | 3849 |
1991 | 4187 |
1992 | 4588 |
1993 | 5538 |
1994 | 7245 |
1995 | 7856 |
1996 | 9328 |
1997 | 11791 |
1998 | 15697 |
1999 | 21372 |
2000 | 30765 |
2001 | 37435 |
2002 | 51737 |
2003 | 62944 |
2004 | 82610 |
2005 | 101413 |
2006 | 128550 |
2007 | 164571 |
2008 | 205498 |
2009 | 276655 |
2010 | 340486 |
2011 | 434853 |
2012 | 522377 |
2013 | 646640 |
2014 | 707521 |
2015 | 826025 |
2016 | 948013 |
2017 | 1113817 |
2018 | 54900 |