In June, the global capacity of wind energy reached 1 TW, which took 40 years.
According to forecasts of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), it will take 7 years to double this figure, reports Electrek.
It is noted that according to previous forecasts, the world should have reached 1 TW of wind capacity by the end of 2023. The faster achievement of this indicator was made possible, in particular, thanks to the recently completed wind energy projects in China, the USA, Europe and Morocco.
"While this is a huge achievement, it is still only a small part of what we need to build in the coming years to decarbonize our planet," said GWEC Chairman Jonathan Cole.
He emphasized that in order to prevent a climate catastrophe with a devastating impact on communities and ecosystems around the world, it is necessary to quickly transform economies. To achieve zero emissions by 2050, wind power must increase to 8 TW.
"There is no time and there is no need to delay," he said.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that analysis by BloombergNEF clean energy researchers showed that wind energy industry growth rates in 2022 fell to the lowest level in three years. The slowdown in development is associated with rapid growth in costs and changes in government policies.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, Ukraine has been under a full-scale invasion since the beginning built more wind energy capacities (114 MW at Tiligul wind farm) than Great Britain (1 MW in Staffordshire).
