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27.02.2013

The global capacity of wind farms in 2012 increased by 19%. Thus, wind energy technologies demonstrate an unprecedented growth rate and can become one of the main sources of electricity. According to a study by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the rapid growth of wind energy use is observed almost everywhere. Statistics show the continued expansion of the market: in 2012, the total capacity of all wind turbines increased by 19%, to 282000 MW.

Canada remains one of the leaders in the development of wind energy, which last year commissioned wind turbines with a total capacity of 936 MW. At the same time, Canada ranks 9th in terms of the total capacity of all wind farms - 6500 MW, which is enough to supply almost 2 million homes. China and the US each added 13000 MW of new wind power capacity last year, while India added 2300 MW. Mexico doubled its wind turbine capacity from 569 MW in 2011 to 1370 MW at the end of 2012.

European wind energy markets have traditionally been led by Germany and the UK, with countries such as Sweden, Romania, Italy and Poland showing strong growth in wind energy use. In total, the whole of Europe in 2012 installed new wind turbines with a total capacity of more than 15000 MW. Now Europe gets almost 98000 MW from wind energy. Brazil is the market leader in Latin America. Last year, Brazil put into operation new wind turbines with a total capacity of 1077 MW, and the total capacity of all wind farms increased to 2500 MW.

Thus, the wind energy market is actively developing. In some countries, wind power is already rivaling nuclear power in terms of power. For example, in Germany, wind turbines in 2012 generated 31332 MW, Spain 22796 MW. At the same time, the number of wind turbines is constantly increasing, and the share of wind energy in energy systems is growing. At present, 24 countries have a total capacity of wind farms exceeding 1000 MW, and many countries continue to increase the capacity of wind turbines at a very rapid pace. For example, in Poland in 2011, 1616 MW were put into operation, and in 2012 - 880 MW, and the total capacity of all wind turbines was 2497 MW.

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