2018 Saw 51.3 Gigawatts Of New Wind Added Globally

The global wind industry added a total of 51.3 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in 2018 according to figures published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) on Tuesday, a decrease of 3.6% over 2017 but with a slight growth in the offshore wind market. The Global Wind Energy Council has been drip-feeding us 2018 wind figures for the past few weeks in advance of the upcoming publication of its flagship Global Wind Report report, which is due on April 3. So far the Council has revealed that the Americas installed 11.9 GW of new wind capacity in 2018, 962 megawatts (MW) in Africa & the Middle East, and 24.9 GW in the Asia Pacific region.