Poland with 682 MW new wind powerplants – report

Poland installed 628 MW of new wind energy capacity last year, according to a report published by WindEurope. This amounted for 5.5 percent of EU's new capacity. The result is nearly twice as low compared to 2015, when 1,266 MW wind energy capacity was launched. Overall, in the EU, 12,490 MW wind energy capacity was installed, compared to 12,842 MW in 2015. Total wind energy capacity in the bloc amounts to 153.7 GW, with Germany being the leader (50,019 MW of wind energy capacity at the end of 2016). Poland is 7^th in total capacity and 9^th in the ranking of countries with the highest level of installed wind capacity relative to its power consumption (3.6 percent). So far, EU countries have invested €27.5 billion in wind energy.