China wind energy statistics

China is currently the second largest wind power producer, and at the end of 2009, wind power in China accounted for 25.1 GW of electricity generating capacity. If current trend continues China will in 2011 overtake US, and became the world's largest wind power producer.  China's installed wind farm capacity is expected to grow from present 25,800 MW to over 150,000 MW in 2020.

At the end of 2009 China had around 80 operational wind farms. In 2009 China built its first offshore wind farm, close to Shanghai Dongdaqiao, with a capacity of 102 MW. In fact, China plans to generate up to 30,000 megawatts of power from offshore wind farms by 2020.

In the last 5 years, China has each year more than doubled its wind power capacity, and the biggest growth occurred in 2009 when China added 13,800 MW of new wind power capacity.

China is also the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer. The latest numbers suggest that China manufactures 2 wind turbines per hour.

China still doesn't have enough transmission lines to support the growth of wind power industry, and according to recent data from the China Power Union, only 72% of China’s total wind power capacity was connected to the grid. This is the main reason why Chinese have embarked on a $60 billion effort to upgrade the country’s electricity transmission system over the next 10 years.

Wind power still accounts for only 1 percent of China's total electricity consumption despite the very strong growth in the last couple of years.

In 2000, China only had 350,000 kW of installed wind power capacity.

In 2009, around 50% of the large capacity windmills installed in China were manufactured in Denmark.

Texas wind energy statistics

Texas is the undisputed leader in wind power production in United States, with a total with a total installed wind power capacity of 9,410 MW, at the end of 2009.

The largest wind farm in Texas is the Roscoe Wind Farm with the output of 781 MW. This is also the largest wind farm in the world. In fact, the six largest wind farms in the US are all located in Texas.

According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Texas' wind generation potential is at 6,527,850 gigawatt-hours per year.

If Texas were to use its entire wind energy potential it could install 1,901,530 MW of wind turbines.

West Texas has become particularly famous for generating wind power, and at this moment there are 2,000 wind turbines in West Texas alone.

In 2009, wind energy provided 6.3 percent of generation for the Texas power grid.

In 2009 Texas added 2,292 new megawatts to its total wind power capacity.

Wind energy industry is currently responsible for approximately 10000 green jobs in Texas.

Global wind energy statistics

Worldwide wind energy production at the end of 2009 was 340 TWh, which is about 2% of worldwide electricity usage.

Global wind generation capacity more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006.

US and Europe together have more than 80% of wind power installations.

Top five countries in installed wind power capacity are United States, Germany, Spain, China, and India.

Global wind energy market currently has total value of more than $40 billion.

The total energy potential of wind power on land and near-shore is around be 72 TW. This is enough to satisfy for over five times the current world's energy use.

Wind power sector grew in 2009 by 31,7 %, which is the highest rate since 2001.

At the end of the 2009 worldwide wind power capacity was 159,213 MW.

Total installed wind power capacity, current and predictions.

On global level, wind energy industry currently employs more than 550,000 people.

At the end of the 2009 offshore wind capacity accounted for just 1,2 % of the total wind capacity worldwide.

Currently world's largest offshore wind farm is Horns Rev 2 wind farm in Denmark, with the capacity of 209 MW.

Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas is the largest wind farm in the world with the capacity of 781 MW.