Wind power installed in Europe by end of 2008 (cumulative)
Finland
143
Norway
428
Faroe Islands
4
Denmark
3,180
Rep. of Ireland
1,002
Estonia
78
Sweden
1,021
Latvia
27
Lithuania
54
UK
3,241
Netherlands
2,225
Poland
Belgium
Germany
472
384
23,903
Luxembourg
Czech Republic
35
150
Slovakia
3
France
Austria
Switzerland
3,404
Hungary
995
14
127
Croatia
18
European Union: 64,935 MW
Candidate Countries: 452 MW
EFTA: 442 MW
Total Europe: 65,933 MW
Portugal
2,862
Russia
11
Spain
16,740
Ukraine
90
Romania
10
Bulgaria
158
Italy
3,736
Turkey
433
Greece
985
End 2007 Installed 2008
EU Capacity(MW)
End 2008
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
982
287
57
0
116
3,125
59
110
2,454
22,247
871
65
795
2,726
27
51
35
0
1,747
276
2,150
8
5
0
15,131
788
2,406
14
104
101
0
34
77
20
33
950
1,665
114
62
208
1,010
0
3
0
0
500
196
712
2
0
0
1,609
236
836
995
384
158
0
150
3,180
78
143
3,404
23,903
985
127
1,002
3,736
27
54
35
0
2,225
472
2,862
10
3
0
16,740
1,021
3,241
Total EU-15
Total EU-12
Total EU-27
55,854
663
56,517
8,067
417
8,484
63,857
1,078
64,935
1,114
357
1,471
Of which offshore
and near shore
End 2007 Installed 2008
Candidate Countries (MW)
End 2008
Croatia
FYROM
Turkey
17
0
147
1
0
286
18
0
433
Total
164
287
452
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Norway
Switzerland
0
0
326
12
0
0
102
2
0
0
428
14
Total
338
104
442
4
89
13
0
1
0
4
90
11
106
105
57,125
8,877
65,933
EFTA (MW)
Other (MW)
Faroe Islands
Ukraine
Russia
Total
Total Europe
*FYROM = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Note: Due to previous-year adjustments, project decommissioning of
70 MW, re-powering and rounding figures up and down, the total for the
2008 end-of-year cumulative capacity is not exactly equivalent to the
sum of the 2007 end-of-year total plus the 2008 additions.
Source: EWEA
New power capacity installed in 2008
9,000
Total: 23,851 MW
8,484
8,000
6,932
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,200**
4,000
3,000
2,495
2,000
1.000
762
473
296
149
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Bi
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60
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Source: EWEA and Platts Power Vision
*Geothermal, peat and waste
**Source: European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
Net increase in power capacity EU 2000-2008
Total: 123,282 MW
100,000
83,674
80,000
60,000
55,257
40,000
20,000
8,827
2,921
1,907
1,183
0
-6,251
-11,216
-20,000
Ga
*Geothermal, peat and waste
in
PV
Hy
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B
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Nu
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Co
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-13,021
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Fu
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Source: EWEA, Platts Power Vision and EPIA
New electricity generating capacity EU 2000-2008
Total: 186,704 MW
35,000
30,000
Biomass 1% Nuclear 1%
Large Hydr o 2%
Other 1%
Fuel Oil 3%
PV 5%
25,000
Coal 5%
20,000
15,000
Gas 52%
Wind 30%
10,000
5,000
20
00
20
Gas
01
20
Wind
02
20
03
Coal
20
04
20
05
Fuel Oil
20
06
Biomass
20
07
Hydro
20
08
Nuclear
PV
*Geothermal, peat and waste
Other*
Source: EWEA, Platts Power Vision and EPIA
EU Energy Mix 1995 (Total 532 GW)
EU Energy Mix 2008 (Total 800 GW)
Biomass 0%
Other* 1%
Gas 14%
Large Hydr o 16%
Nuclear 16%
Nuclear 24%
PV 1%
Other 1%
Fuel Oil 7%
Coal 31%
Wind 0%
Gas 22%
Hydro 20%
Coal 29%
Fuel Oil 13%
*Geothermal, peat and waste
Wind 8%
Source: EWEA, Platts Power Vision and EPIA
Annual wind energy installations MW
9,000
8,535 8,484
8,000
7,592
7,000
6,204
5,913
6,000
5,462
5,838
5,000
4,428
4,000
3,225 3,209
3,000
2,000
1,700
1,277
1.000
814
979
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
Source: EWEA
Cumulative wind energy installations
70,000
64,935
60,000
56,517
50,000
48,031
40,500
40,000
34,372
28,491
30,000
23,098
20,000
17,315
12,887
10,000
2,497 3,476
4,753
6,453
9,678
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
Source: EWEA
5,133.185
3,358.330
3,751.810
2,608.480
1,726.810
1,238.373
469
90%
612.849
100%
738.651
Germany, Spain and Denmarks share of EU market for wind power in MW 2000-2008
80%
70%
60%
50%
3,351.120
5,178.120
3,839.830
3,595.320
4,111.588
4,271.950
5,233.995
2,740
30%
3,815.005
40%
20%
10%
20
00
20
01
Germany, Spain, Denmark
20
02
20
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
Rest of EU
Source: EWEA
