Map created by SETIS from the EMHIRES dataset Part I

The map above shows the locations of wind farms across Europe and comes from the European Commission’s SETIS (Strategic Energy Technology Information System) website.

Two things really jump out at you when first looking at the map. The extreme destiny of wind farms in Germany and the lack of wind farms in Eastern Europe and also Norway.

According to Wind Europe, 12.5 GW of gross additional wind capacity was added in Europe in 2016 to bring the total to 153.7 GW, overtaking coal as the second most important energy source.

The top 10 countries in Europe in terms of installed capacity by the end of 2016 were:

Germany – 50,019 MW Spain – 23,075 MW UK – 14,542 MW France – 12,065 MW Italy – 9,257 MW Sweden – 6,519 MW Poland – 5,782 MW Portugal – 5,316 MW Denmark – 5,227 MW Netherlands – 4,328 MW

Malta and Liechtenstein are the only two European countries to have no wind capacity whatsoever, although Slovakia, Slovenia, Iceland, and Belarus only have 3 MW of installed capacity each.

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