Wind energy statistics, as of end of 2023

US 1Q of 2024

1. Solar installations in US have surpassed 100 GW.  it took 18 years to get to 50 GW, and 4 years for it to double the capacity.  4.5 GW of solar capacity was added in 1Q 2024
2. 132 MW Offshore wind project in South Fork started generation.  This is a wind farm off the coast of NY with 12 SG-11 GW wind turbines
3. The pipeline for clean energy projects is 175 GW out of which 31.6 GW is the pipeline for BESS, and 13.7 GW of onshore wind.

Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/us-adds-56gw-of-utility-scale...

India 1Q of 2024

1. Solar installations in India are at 82.64 GW, with 9.5 GW addition in 1Q of 2024.
2. Indian government has a target of 50 GW annual auctions of RE until 2028

Source: https://www.energetica-india.net/news/indias-solar-revolution-q1-2024-se...

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...