Wind Power By Country - Electricity Generation By Wind 1983-1990

Electricity Generation By Wind 1983-1990

Electricity Generation by Wind (in terawatt hours, TWh)(total for year):

Nation 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Germany -- -- -- -- -- 0.002 0.002 0.003
USA1 0.00267 0.00649 0.00576 0.00419 0.00354 0.00087 2.112 2.789
India 0 0 0 0.002 0.003 0.006 0.006 0.030
Denmark 0.024 0.039 0.06 0.136 0.183 0.302 0.429 0.580
UK 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.009 0.009
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.001
Netherlands 0 0 0 0.001 0.002 0.016 0.023 0.048
Greece 0 0 0 0 0.001 0.001 0 0.001
Sweden 0.003 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.005 0.005 0.006
Belgium 0 0 0 0 0.006 0.008 0.007 0.008
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.013
Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.002
Rest of World 0 0 0.001 0 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.005
Total 0.0297 0.0505 0.0728 0.149 0.206 0.343 2.595 3.496
1 - Generation does not correlate with installed capacity, which would suggest approximately 0.33, 0.87, 1.54, 2.13, 2.50, 2.47 TWh from 1983 to 1988 for the United States.

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