Wind power in 2024
Wind turbines made 2,508 TWh of electricity in 2024, 8.1% of all the world's, up 8.2% on 2023.
| Wind generation | 2,508 TWh |
|---|---|
| Share of the world's electricity | 8.1% |
| Change on 2023 | +191 TWh (+8.2%) |
| Solar generation, for comparison | 2,143 TWh (6.9%) |
Where wind grew most
| Country | 2024, TWh | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 997 | +111 | +12.5% |
| United States | 452 | +31 | +7.3% |
| Brazil | 108 | +13 | +13.2% |
| Canada | 47 | +6.3 | +15.6% |
| Sweden | 40 | +6.2 | +18.1% |
| Finland | 20 | +5.4 | +36.2% |
| Taiwan | 10 | +4.1 | +65.5% |
| Netherlands | 33 | +4.0 | +13.4% |
| Türkiye | 37 | +2.6 | +7.8% |
| Poland | 26 | +1.7 | +7.1% |
The biggest producers of wind power
| Country | 2024, TWh | Share of the world's wind | On 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 997 | 39.8% | +12.5% |
| United States | 452 | 18.0% | +7.3% |
| Germany | 142 | 5.6% | +0.8% |
| Brazil | 108 | 4.3% | +13.2% |
| United Kingdom | 83 | 3.3% | +1.4% |
| India | 82 | 3.3% | −0.7% |
| Spain | 62 | 2.5% | −3.2% |
| Canada | 47 | 1.9% | +15.6% |
| France | 45 | 1.8% | −10.1% |
| Sweden | 40 | 1.6% | +18.1% |
The biggest wind farms that began generating in 2024
| # | Wind farm | Country | Capacity | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xinjiang Mori 2500 MW wind farm complex | China | 2,500 MW | Onshore |
| 2 | Gansu Guazhou Baofeng wind farm | China | 1,750 MW | Onshore |
| 3 | Inner Mongolia Togtoh Thermal Power Plant Renewable Power Export wind farms | China | 1,750 MW | Onshore |
| 4 | Inner Mongolia Horqin Ecological Management Power Export wind farm | China | 1,380 MW | Onshore |
| 5 | Inner Mongolia Arun Banner Power Export (Huaneng) wind farm | China | 1,200 MW | Onshore |
| 6 | Inner Mongolia Power Export Tongliao (State Power Investment) wind farms | China | 1,000 MW | Onshore |
| 7 | Inner Mongolia Tongliao Kezuohou Banner Desert Control Power Export wind farm | China | 1,000 MW | Onshore |
| 8 | Xinjiang Hami Santanghu (China Resources) 1000 MW wind farm | China | 1,000 MW | Onshore |
| 9 | Xinjiang Hami Shisanjianfang (China Ship-Building) wind farm | China | 1,000 MW | Onshore |
| 10 | Xinjiang Mori (Dongfang) wind farm | China | 1,000 MW | Onshore |
Outside China
| # | Wind farm | Country | Capacity | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MacIntyre precinct wind farm | Australia | 923 MW | Onshore |
| 2 | Serra do Assuruá wind farm | Brazil | 828 MW | Onshore |
| 3 | Vineyard Wind | United States | 800 MW | Offshore |
| 4 | Ventos de Santa Luzia wind farm | Brazil | 720 MW | Onshore |
| 5 | Tiruppur wind farm | India | 540 MW | Onshore |
| 6 | Bash wind farm | Uzbekistan | 500 MW | Onshore |
| 7 | Dzhankeldy wind farm | Uzbekistan | 500 MW | Onshore |
| 8 | Fecamp wind farm | France | 498 MW | Offshore |
| 9 | Saint-Brieuc wind farm | France | 496 MW | Offshore |
| 10 | Yeu And Noirmoutier wind farm | France | 496 MW | Offshore |
From our list of the world's wind farms, which holds 761 farms with 84.2 GW whose first turbines generated in 2024; a farm built in phases counts in the year it began, at its full size. It isn't complete: registers and trackers add farms a year or more late, and some of China's biggest projects are listed whole though built in phases.
The turbines
The average new onshore turbine in 2024:
- United States: 3.5 MW, with a 137 m rotor
- Germany: 5.1 MW, with a 147 m rotor
- Sweden: 5.8 MW, with a 158 m rotor
- Canada: 5.5 MW, with a 157 m rotor
Sources
Electricity: Ember's yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0), which gathers each country's official statistics; countries without figures for 2024 yet are left out of the country tables, and the newest year can still be revised. Wind farms: national registers and Global Energy Monitor; see data sources.
Other years: 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2025