Annual Wind Power Generation
| Nation | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Wind power |
Capacity Factor |
% | Total Demand |
Wind power |
Capacity Factor |
% | Total Demand |
Wind power |
Capacity Factor |
% | Total Demand |
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Capacity Factor |
% | Total Demand |
Wind power |
Capacity Factor |
% | Total Demand |
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| 1 | United States | 26.6 | 26.1% | 0.7% | 4058.1 | 34.5 | 23.4% | 0.8% | 4149.9 | 52.0 | 23.5% | 1.3% | 4108.6 | 70.8 | 1.8% | 3951.1 | 95.2 | 2.6% | 3,723.8 | ||
| 2 | China | 3.7 | 16.2% | 0.1% | 2834.4 | 5.6 | 10.6% | 0.2% | 3255.9 | 12.8 | 12.0% | 0.4% | 3426.8 | 26.9 | 12.2% | 0.74% | 3640.3 | 55.5 | |||
| 3 | Spain | 22.9 | 22.4% | 8.5% | 268.8 | 27.2 | 20.5% | 9.8% | 276.8 | 31.4 | 21.7% | 11.1% | 282.1 | 36.6 | 13.7% | 267.0 | 43.7 | ||||
| 4 | Germany | 30.7 | 17.0% | 5.4% | 569.9 | 38.5 | 19.7% | 6.6% | 584.9 | 40.4 | 19.3% | 6.6% | 611.9 | 37.2 | 6.4% | 581.3 | 36.5 | ||||
| 5 | India | 7.6 | 13.8% | 1.0% | 726.7 | 14.7 | 21.0% | 1.9% | 774.7 | 14.8 | 17.6% | 1.77% | 834.3 | 17 | 2.7% | 637.6 | 20.6 | ||||
| 6 | United Kingdom | 4.2 | 23.2% | 1.2% | 352.9 | 5.3 | 27.5% | 1.5% | 352.0 | 7.1 | 30.4% | 2.0% | 350.5 | 9.3 | 2.5% | 325.8 | 10.2 | ||||
| 7 | France | 2.2 | 16.0% | 0.5% | 478.4 | 4.0 | 18.6% | 0.8% | 480.3 | 5.6 | 18.8% | 1.1% | 494.5 | 7.8 | 20.2% | 1.6% | 486 | 9.7 | |||
| 8 | Portugal | 2.9 | 19.3% | 5.9% | 49.2 | 4.0 | 21.2% | 8.0% | 50.1 | 5.7 | 22.7% | 11.3% | 50.6 | 7.5 | 15.0% | 49.9 | 9.1 | ||||
| 9 | Italy | 3.0 | 16.1% | 0.9% | 337.5 | 4.0 | 16.7% | 1.2% | 339.9 | 4.9 | 15.7% | 1.4% | 339.5 | 6.2 | 2.1% | 296.3 | 8.4 | ||||
| 10 | Denmark | 6.1 | 22.2% | 16.8% | 36.4 | 7.2 | 26.3% | 19.7% | 36.4 | 7.0 | 24.9% | 19.1% | 36.2 | 6.8 | 19.3% | 32.4 | 7.4 | ||||
| World total (TWh) | 126.547 | 19.2% | 0.8% | 16,388.5 | 163.683 | 21.1% | 1.0% | 17,110.5 | 211.812 | 24.5% | 1.2% | 17,420.0 | 262.563 | 21.5% | 1.5% | 17,313.6 | 344.8 | ||||
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