2019 saw the global new wind power installations surpassed 60GW, a 19 per cent growth compared to 2018, and bringing the total installed capacity to 650GW, a growth of 10 per cent compared to last year. New installations in the onshore wind market reached 54.2 GW, while the offshore wind market passed the milestone of 6 GW, making up of 10% of the global new installation in 2019 the highest level to now.

The world’s top five markets in 2019 for new installations were China, the US, United Kingdom, India and Spain, which together made up 70 per cent of the global installation last year. In terms of cumulative installations, the top five markets as the end of 2019 remained unchanged. Those markets are: China, the US, Germany, India and Spain, which together accounted for 72 per cent of the world’s total wind power installation.