|
World
Wind Energy Generating Capacity, 1980-2003
|
|
|
|
|
| Year |
World
|
Annual
Rate of Growth
|
Annual
Additions
|
|
Megawatts
|
Percent
|
Megawatts
|
|
|
|
|
| 1980 |
10
|
|
5
|
| 1981 |
25
|
|
15
|
| 1982 |
90
|
|
65
|
| 1983 |
210
|
|
120
|
| 1984 |
600
|
|
390
|
| 1985 |
1,020
|
|
420
|
| 1986 |
1,270
|
24.5
|
250
|
| 1987 |
1,450
|
14.2
|
180
|
| 1988 |
1,580
|
9.0
|
130
|
| 1989 |
1,730
|
9.5
|
150
|
| 1990 |
1,930
|
11.6
|
200
|
| 1991 |
2,170
|
12.4
|
240
|
| 1992 |
2,510
|
15.7
|
340
|
| 1993 |
2,990
|
19.1
|
480
|
| 1994 |
3,488
|
16.7
|
498
|
| 1995 |
4,778
|
37.0
|
1,290
|
| 1996 |
6,104
|
27.8
|
1,326
|
| 1997 |
7,636
|
25.1
|
1,532
|
| 1998 |
10,153
|
33.0
|
2,517
|
| 1999 |
13,594
|
33.9
|
3,441
|
| 2000 |
17,890
|
31.6
|
4,296
|
| 2001 |
24,390
|
36.3
|
6,500
|
| 2002 |
31,128
|
27.6
|
6,738
|
| 2003 |
39,294
|
26.2
|
8,133
|
|
|
|
|
| Source:
Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001 (New York: W.W. Norton
& Company, 2001), pp. 45-46; updated by Earth Policy Institute from
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Global Wind Energy Market
Reports (Washington, DC: March 2002 and March 2003); European
Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Europe's Installed Wind Capacity,
(Brussels: June 2003); 2003 data from AWEA and EWEA, "Global Wind
Power Growth Continues to Strengthen," press release (Washington,
DC and Brussels: 10 March 2004).
|
|
Wind
Energy Generating Capacity by Country, 1980-2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Year |
U.S.
|
Germany
|
Denmark
|
Spain
|
India
|
|
Megawatts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1980 |
8
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
| 1981 |
18
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
| 1982 |
84
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
| 1983 |
254
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
| 1984 |
653
|
0
|
27
|
0
|
0
|
| 1985 |
945
|
0
|
50
|
0
|
0
|
| 1986 |
1,265
|
0
|
82
|
0
|
0
|
| 1987 |
1,333
|
5
|
115
|
0
|
0
|
| 1988 |
1,231
|
15
|
197
|
0
|
0
|
| 1989 |
1,332
|
27
|
262
|
0
|
0
|
| 1990 |
1,484
|
62
|
343
|
0
|
0
|
| 1991 |
1,709
|
112
|
413
|
5
|
39
|
| 1992 |
1,680
|
180
|
458
|
50
|
39
|
| 1993 |
1,635
|
335
|
487
|
60
|
79
|
| 1994 |
1,663
|
643
|
539
|
70
|
185
|
| 1995 |
1,612
|
1,130
|
637
|
140
|
576
|
| 1996 |
1,614
|
1,548
|
835
|
230
|
820
|
| 1997 |
1,611
|
2,080
|
1,120
|
512
|
940
|
| 1998 |
1,837
|
2,870
|
1,428
|
830
|
992
|
| 1999 |
2,490
|
4,445
|
1,718
|
1,584
|
1,095
|
| 2000 |
2,566
|
6,113
|
2,300
|
2,235
|
1,167
|
| 2001 |
4,261
|
8,754
|
2,417
|
3,337
|
1,407
|
| 2002 |
4,685
|
12,001
|
2,889
|
4,830
|
1,702
|
| 2003 |
6,374
|
14,609
|
3,110
|
6,202
|
2,110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source:
Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001 (New York: W.W. Norton
& Company, 2001), pp. 45-46; updated by Earth Policy Institute from
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Global Wind Energy Market
Reports (Washington, DC: March 2002 and March 2003); European
Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Europe's Installed Wind Capacity,
(Brussels: June 2003); 2003 data from AWEA and EWEA, "Global Wind
Power Growth Continues to Strengthen," press release (Washington,
DC and Brussels: 10 March 2004).
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