“Global wind capacity set to hit 500GW by year end”

Global wind capacity is set to hit 500 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2016, according to a report by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA). Germany is among the top three countries regarding both total and newly installed capacity in the first half of this year. It contributed 47,420 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity by June this year. With new additions of 2,389 MW in the first half of 2016, the country comes in second behind China, which had 10,000 MW worth of new installations. “The news comes amid fears that installation rates could slow if a recent slump in renewables investment does not pick up,” writes Madeleine Cuff in a separate article for businessGreen.

Read the WWEA press release and report in English here and the article by businessGreen in English here.