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Wind Energy

Europe

This is a map produced by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of wind energy in europe.

It is clear to see how much wind energy has taken off in some countries, notably Denmark, Germany and Spain, the first of which now gets 20% of it's electricity from wind turbines, compared to our 1%. However, the UK has the largest wind energy resources of any country in Europe, and now that the European market's economies of scale have driven the price of wind energy down, the UK is set for a massive expansion of clean energy.

For more information about wind energy in Europe read this report commissioned by the European Union in 2004. Also visit www.ewea.org our European sister organisation.

More European Information

For more information see these ewea reports

• Large-scale integration of wind energy in electricity systems. A comprehensive report published by EWEA in 2005 provides analysis of the technical, economic and regulatory issues concerning the large scale integration of wind energy into European energy markets. Click here for the full report [This is a 6.72 MB file]
• Global wind industry reaches a 50 GW milestone of wind energy capacity installed worldwide in 2005. According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) there was an increase in total installed generating capacity of 20% in 2004.
• Global Market Figures
• Construction in Europe 2003
• European R&D Strategy