Overview
| Country | Total capacity end 2012 (MW) |
|---|---|
| China | 75,564 |
| United States | 60,007 |
| Germany | 31,332 |
| Spain | 22,796 |
| India | 19,051 |
| United Kingdom | 8,445 |
| Italy | 8,144 |
| France | 7,196 |
| Canada | 6,200 |
| Portugal | 4,525 |
| Rest of world | 39,852 |
| Total | 282,482 |
As of 2011, the Roscoe Wind Farm (781 MW) in the United States is the world's largest wind farm. As of September 2010, the Thanet Wind Farm in United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 300 MW, followed by Horns Rev II (209 MW) in Denmark. The United Kingdom is the world's leading generator of offshore wind power, followed by Denmark.
There are many large wind farms under construction and these include BARD Offshore 1 (400 MW), Clyde Wind Farm (548 MW), Greater Gabbard wind farm (500 MW), Lincs Wind Farm (270 MW), London Array (1000 MW), Lower Snake River Wind Project (343 MW), Macarthur Wind Farm (420 MW), Shepherds Flat Wind Farm (845 MW), Sheringham Shoal (317 MW), and the Walney Wind Farm (367 MW).
| U.S. | Great Britain |
France | Italy | Spain | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Strongly oppose | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Oppose more than favour | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| Favour more than oppose | 37 | 44 | 44 | 38 | 37 | 42 |
| Strongly favour | 50 | 38 | 33 | 49 | 53 | 40 |
Read more about this topic: Wind Power By Country