Europe’s expansion of wind farms

In the first half of 2019, wind farms with a total capacity of 4.9 GW were built in Europe. According to WindEurope, a European wind energy association, windmills contributed nearly 3 GW to the overall capacity, while the remaining energy was generated by sea installations.
The largest number of land windmills (523 MW) can be found in France. During the first half of 2019, most offshore windmills (931 MW) were constructed in Great Britain. For comparison, according to WindEurope, the energy generated by windmills in Poland amounted to only 5 MW. It makes up merely one-third of the energy coming from wind turbines in Austria, and one-seventh of the windmills in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the first half of 2018, windmills installed in Poland produced 8 MW of electricity, which put our country in the penultimate position after Ukraine.
According to the data of the International Energy Agency, wind farms will become the most important source of energy in Europe by 2030.
(300GOSPODARKA)