Eco-Economy Indicators: WIND ENERGY

World Cumulative Installed Wind Power Capacity and Net Annual Additions, 1980-2007
Year	Cumulative Installed Capacity	Net Annual Addition*	Annual Growth Rate
	Megawatts	Megawatts	Percent
1980	10
1981	25	15	150.0
1982	90	65	260.0
1983	210	120	133.3
1984	600	390	185.7
1985	1,020	420	70.0
1986	1,270	250	24.5
1987	1,450	180	14.2
1988	1,580	130	9.0
1989	1,730	150	9.5
1990	1,930	200	11.6
1991	2,170	240	12.4
1992	2,510	340	15.7
1993	2,990	480	19.1
1994	3,488	498	16.7
1995	4,800	1,312	37.6
1996	6,100	1,300	27.1
1997	7,600	1,500	24.6
1998	10,200	2,600	34.2
1999	13,600	3,400	33.3
2000	17,400	3,800	27.9
2001	23,900	6,500	37.4
2002	31,100	7,200	30.1
2003	39,431	8,331	26.8
2004	47,620	8,189	20.8
2005	59,091	11,471	24.1
2006	74,133	15,042	25.5
2007	94,122	19,989	27.0
* Note: Net annual addition equals new installations minus retirements.
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute with 1980-1994 data from Worldwatch Institute, Signposts 2004, CD-ROM (Washington, DC: 2004); 1995 data from Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Global Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007); 1996-2007 data from GWEC, "U.S., China, & Spain Lead World Wind Power Market in 2007," press release (Brussels: 6 February 2008).

Cumulative Installed Wind Power Capacity by Selected Country and World, 1980-2007
Year	Germany	U.S.	Spain	India	China	Denmark	Other	World
	Megawatts
1980	0	8	0	0	n.a.	5	0	10
1981	0	18	0	0	n.a.	7	0	25
1982	0	84	0	0	n.a.	12	0	90
1983	0	254	0	0	n.a.	20	0	210
1984	0	653	0	0	n.a.	27	0	600
1985	0	945	0	0	n.a.	50	25	1,020
1986	0	1,265	0	0	n.a.	82	0	1,270
1987	5	1,333	0	0	n.a.	115	0	1,450
1988	15	1,231	0	0	n.a.	197	137	1,580
1989	27	1,332	0	0	n.a.	262	109	1,730
1990	62	1,484	0	0	n.a.	343	41	1,930
1991	112	1,709	5	39	n.a.	413	0	2,170
1992	180	1,680	50	39	n.a.	458	103	2,510
1993	335	1,635	60	79	n.a.	487	394	2,990
1994	643	1,663	70	185	n.a.	539	390	3,490
1995	1,130	1,612	140	576	38	637	647	4,780
1996	1,548	1,614	230	820	79	835	974	6,100
1997	2,080	1,611	512	940	170	1,120	1,167	7,600
1998	2,870	1,837	830	1,015	224	1,428	1,996	10,200
1999	4,445	2,490	1,584	1,077	268	1,718	2,018	13,600
2000	6,104	2,578	2,235	1,220	346	2,300	2,617	17,400
2001	8,754	4,275	3,337	1,456	402	2,417	3,259	23,900
2002	11,994	4,685	4,825	1,702	469	2,880	4,545	31,100
2003	14,609	6,372	6,203	2,125	567	3,110	6,445	39,431
2004	16,629	6,725	8,263	3,000	764	3,117	9,122	47,620
2005	18,415	9,149	10,027	4,430	1,260	3,128	12,682	59,091
2006	20,622	11,575	11,623	6,270	2,604	3,136	18,303	74,133
2007	22,247	16,818	15,145	8,000	6,050	3,125	22,737	94,122
Note: n.a. = data not available. The sum of individual country totals may not match world total since data are from different sources.
Source: Compiled by Earth Policy Institute, 1980-1995 world data from Janet L. Sawin, "Wind Power Still Soaring," in Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2007-2008 (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007); 1980-1999 data from Worldwatch Institute, Signposts 2001, CD-ROM (Washington, DC: 2001); 1995-1999 China data from Li Junfeng et al., 2007 China Wind Power Report (Beijing: Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association, 2007); 2000-2004 Denmark data from American Wind Energy Association, Global Wind Energy Market Report (Washington, DC: 2002-2005); 2000-2005 country data (Denmark 2005) from Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Global Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007); 2006-2007 country and 1996-2007 world data from GWEC, "U.S., China & Spain Lead World Wind Power Market in 2007," press release (Brussels: 6 February 2008).