China Holds Nearly Half Of The World's Wind Capacity

The wind is up in China, The Economist reported.

Photo Insert: A wind farm in China

Last year the country connected 17 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity to its electricity grid, according to its National Energy Agency, meaning it can now produce up to 26 GW of its power in this way.

Such scale and speed are unprecedented: between 2015 and 2020 the rest of the world, collectively, added just over 14GW, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

In 2019, with 8GW of capacity, Britain was the world’s largest offshore-wind producer and it has improved its power generation to reach 12% of the total electricity demand. China’s global share is now almost half of the 54GW of offshore wind-power capacity globally, but its penchant for coal power undermines its green credentials.

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