Last year, 86 GW of wind power capacity was commissioned worldwide, down 15% year on year

New wind power capacity commissioned worldwide reached 86 GW last year, 15% less than in 2021. The vast majority of the new capacity was installed onshore (89%), while newly commissioned offshore wind capacity fell 46% year on year to 9.1 GW. This is according to statistics published by researchers at BloombergNEF.

BNEF researchers said China remained the largest market for wind power last year, adding 49 GW of new capacity. The United States remained the second-largest market despite a year-on-year drop of more than 4 GW.

"Alarm bells should be ringing. Governments around the world are raising their decarbonization ambitions, while growth in installed capacity is slowing," said Cristian Dinca, a wind energy analyst at BNEF.

China also leads among wind turbine suppliers

According to the published data, China ranks first not only among countries with the most newly installed capacity, but also among wind turbine suppliers. Six of the ten largest wind turbine suppliers (by newly installed capacity) are from China, including the largest supplier, Goldwind.