Wind energy statistics, as of end of 2023

The following statistics were collected in early 2024:

Installed Capacity

1. Total wind power capacity worldwide as of the end of 2023: 1,021 GW or 1 TW
2. Total wind power capacity worldwide at the end of 2022: 906 GW
3. Total wind+solar power capacity in USA at the end of 2023: 262 GW
4. Total wind power capacity in USA at the end of 2022: 144 GW
5. Total energy storage capacity worldwide as of the end of 2022 (all types including pumped hydro): 174 GW
6. Total BESS capacity worldwide was of the end of 2023: 
7. Total energy storage capacity in USA at the end of 2023: 15.5 GW
8. China's cumulative energy storage capacity reached 34.5 GW/74.5 GWh by the end of 2023 (https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/12/chinese-pv-industry-brief-station...)

 

New Capacity Addition

1. Global capacity additions of wind and solar PV in 2023: 510 GW (IEA, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2023/executive-summary)
2. 75% of VRE capacity addition in 2023 was solar PV 
3. Wind power capacity addition worldwide in 2023: 117 GW, which includes 11 GW of offshore wind.  77% of new additions were in China.
4. Wind power capacity addition worldwide in 2022: 77 GW
5. Wind power capacity addition in USA in 2022: 8.5 GW
6. Total wind+solar power capacity in USA addition in 2023 is: 33.8 GW
7. In Energy terms, the percentage of wind and solar energy worldwide is about: 12.2%
8. In Energy terms, the percentage of wind and solar energy in US is about: 14%
9. China added 21.5 GW/46.6 GWh of new energy storage installations in 2023, up 194% year on year (https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/12/chinese-pv-industry-brief-station...)
10. Tesla added grid-connected BESS in 2023 of 14.7 GWh (https://www.energy-storage.news/tesla-deployed-14-7gwh-of-energy-storage...)

 

Sources: https://www.eenews.net/articles/us-sets-clean-power-installation-record-..., and others.

 https://www.powermag.com/group-says-record-117-gw-of-new-wind-power-gene...