Thread by @Sustainable2050

Who’d have thought?!
The Netherlands led Europe in new wind capacity installed in 2020: +2 GW (1.5 GW offshore, 0.5 GW), ahead of Germany, Norway, Spain, and France!
Also, this was 13% of the EU+UK+Turkey total. Admittedly in not a great year overall.
H/t @VeraBrenzel / @Vision23

Wind power capacity additions in Europe (incl. Turkey) have stagnated around 12-17 GW/year for 9 years in a row now...

.. but @WindEurope sees it moving into the 20 GW/year range from this year onwards (‘realistic expectations’).

I sometimes tweet on days with high wind shares in European electricity, usually getting some moans that those aren’t representative. But the annual average has already gone up to 16.4% (EU+UK) too!

And as you can see here: Europe’s wind turbines produce more electricity in winter than in summer, which combines well with solar PV. But it’s chunky, so we need flexibility (batteries, demand response, interconnection, hydrogen).

Finally, the countries ranked by share of wind in total electricity: Denmark still European champion (48%), followed by Ireland (38%), Germany and UK (both 27%), and Portugal (25%). Netherlands now on #11, together with Romania and Austria. By 2030, we should be close to 50% too.

Sorry, forgot to add the link to all this information. Here you go: windeurope.org/data-and-analy…