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Wind turbine installations reached record 121.6 GW in 2024, led by China

New wind additions outside of Mainland China fell by 10%.
Melodie Michel
Melodie Michel
Wind turbine installations reached record 121.6 GW in 2024, led by China
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Wind turbine installations reached another record last year, with 121.6 GW of new capacity worldwide – double the capacity of 2019.

New research by BloombergNEF (BNEF) shows that the wide majority of new wind additions (109.9 GW) were on land, while just 10% or 11.7 GW were offshore.

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