Asia to add over 153GW wind capacity between 2016 to 2021

It will hit 357GW of total wind capacity.

According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), more than 54 GW of new wind capacities were installed in 2016, raising global capacities to 487 GW in 2016. Capacity additions are expected to continue at the same pace (over 12%) in 2017 and more than 59 GW could be installed during the year. 

The growth rate should slow down until 2021, from 11% in 2018 (+61 GW) to 10.4% in 2021 (+75 GW), when the global installed wind capacity should reach 817 GW, i.e. 330 GW more than in 2016.

Global installations should be pulled by the Asian market, which should add more than 153 GW between 2016 and 2021, to reach 357 GW; this would represent 44% of the global capacity in 2021. Asia would be followed by Europe (+73 GW to 235 GW by 2021), North America (+61 GW to 159 GW) and Latin America (+25 GW to 40 GW).