2023 ‘best year’ for wind energy capacity
Despite recent progress, the industry could still fall short of the 3.5 TW needed by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5ºC.
The global wind industry installed 117 GW of new wind power worldwide in 2023, a record high and a 50% increase from the previous year, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
Despite recent supply chain headwinds and historic losses in the wind sector, total wind generation capacity surpassed the milestone of 1 TW last year, and is now expected to reach 2 TW before 2030.
