A new industry report reveals that wind power capacity in the European Union grew by 9,600 megawatts, worth some €12.6 billion (US$16.7 billion). The figure corresponds to 21 per cent of all new power capacity in the region, while alternative energy accounted for 71.3% of all new installations in the period.
Germany remains the European country with the largest installed wind power capacity, followed by Spain, France, Italy and the UK. The report underlines growth in onshore installations in Germany and Sweden, and offshore in the UK, besides continuing strong performance from some emerging onshore markets in Eastern Europe .
Overall, wind capacity installed by the end of 2011 would, in a normal year, produce 204 TWh of electricity, representing 6.3% of electricity consumption – up from 5.3% the year before.
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