The wind industry has reached the landmark figure of one terawatt of global installed capacity in 2023. The wind power industry took more than 40 years to reach the 1TW milestone and the next TW will take less than 7 years to install, according to data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
Recently completed wind power projects in China, the USA, Morocco and Europe have pushed the capacity across the 1TW threshold.
“Building to 2TW by 2030, and eventually to 8TW by 2050, will require unprecedented collaboration and cooperation across the world, and the creation of a huge and diverse new workforce,” Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council, said.