Editing Wind power (section)

=== Growth trends ===
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| image1= 2010- Power capacity by technology - Dec 2022 International Energy Agency.svg |caption1= Renewable energy sources, especially [[Photovoltaic system|solar photovoltaic]] and wind power, are providing an increasing share of power capacity.<ref name="IEA_20221205">{{cite web |title=Share of cumulative power capacity by technology, 2010–2027 |url=https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/share-of-cumulative-power-capacity-by-technology-2010-2027 |website=IEA.org |publisher=International Energy Agency (IEA) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204170647/https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/share-of-cumulative-power-capacity-by-technology-2010-2027 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |date=5 December 2022 |url-status=live}} Source states "Fossil fuel capacity from IEA (2022), ''World Energy Outlook 2022''. IEA. Licence: CC BY 4.0."</ref>
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 <div style="font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 0 12px 90px;">Number of countries with wind capacities in the gigawatt-scale by year</div>
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|caption =Growing number of wind gigawatt-markets
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  | 2021
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  | 2019
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  | {{flagicon|THA}}
  | {{flagicon|UKR}}
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  | 2018
  | {{flagicon|PAK}}
  | {{flagicon|EGY}}
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  | 2017
  | {{flagicon|NOR}}
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  | 2016
  | {{flagicon|CHI}}
  | {{flagicon|URU}}
  | {{flagicon|KOR}}
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  | 2015
  | {{flagicon|SA}}
  | {{flagicon|FIN}}
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  | 2012
  | {{flagicon|MEX}}
  | {{flagicon|ROM}}
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  | 2011
  | {{flagicon|BRA}}
  | {{flagicon|BEL}}
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  | 2010
  | {{flagicon|AUT}}
  | {{flagicon|POL}}
  | {{flagicon|TUR}}
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  | 2009
  | {{flagicon|GRE}}
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  | 2008 
  | {{flagicon|IRE}}
  | {{flagicon|AUS}}
  | {{flagicon|SWE}}
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  | 2006
  | {{flagicon|CAN}}
  | {{flagicon|FRA}}
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  | 2005
  | {{flagicon|UK}}
  | {{flagicon|CHN}}
  | {{flagicon|JP}}
  | {{flagicon|POR}}
  | 2004
  | {{flagicon|NED}}
  | {{flagicon|ITA}}
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  | 1999
  | {{flagicon|SPA}}
  | {{flagicon|IND}}
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  | 1997
  | {{flagicon|DEN}}
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  | 1995
  | {{flagicon|GER}}
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  | 1986
  | {{flagicon|USA}}
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  | 2021
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  | 2018
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  | 2016
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  | 2015
  | {{flagicon|CAN}}
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  | 2013 
  | {{flagicon|UK}}
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  | 2009 
  | {{flagicon|IND}}
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  | 2008
  | {{flagicon|CHN}}
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  | 2006
  | {{flagicon|USA}}
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  | 2002
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  | 2019
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In 2020, wind supplied almost 1600 [[TWh]] of electricity, which was over 5% of worldwide electrical generation and about 2% of energy consumption.<ref name="bpcom">{{cite web|title=bp Statistical Review of World Energy 2020|url=https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2020-full-report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919060352/https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2020-full-report.pdf|archive-date=19 September 2020|access-date=23 October 2020|publisher=BP p.l.c.|pages=55, 59}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> With over 100 [[Gigawatt|GW]] added during 2020, mostly [[Wind power in China|in China]], global installed wind power capacity reached more than 730 GW.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> But to help meet the [[Paris Agreement]]'s goals to [[Climate change mitigation|limit climate change]], analysts say it should expand much faster – by over 1% of electricity generation per year.<ref name=":2" /> Expansion of wind power is being hindered by [[fossil fuel subsidies]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-10-29|title=UNDP: More spent on fossil fuel subsidies than fighting poverty|url=https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/november-2021/undp-more-spent-fossil-fuel-subsidies-fighting-poverty|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Africa Renewal|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energies in MENA: An oxymoron?|last=Mohseni-Cheraghlou|first=Amin|date=2021-02-23|url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/fossil-fuel-subsidies-and-renewable-energies-mena-oxymoron|access-date=2021-11-24|work=Middle East Institute|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=2021-11-15|title=COP26: How much is spent supporting fossil fuels and green energy?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/59233799|access-date=2021-11-24}}</ref>

The actual amount of electric power that wind can generate is calculated by multiplying the [[nameplate capacity]] by the [[capacity factor]], which varies according to equipment and location. Estimates of the capacity factors for wind installations are in the range of 35% to 44%.<ref>Rick Tidball and others, [http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/48595.pdf "Cost and Performance Assumptions for Modeling Electricity Generation Technologies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821101932/http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/48595.pdf |date=21 August 2014 }}, US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November 2010, p.63.</ref>