15 Countries That Produce the Most Wind Energy in the world, a must read blog!

Global Wind Day is observed on June 15 every year to celebrate wind energy and raise awareness about its potential. Organized by WindEurope and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) as a global event, this day is observed annually by all UN member nations. Global Wind Day is an event that reinforces the idea of choosing sustainable alternative energy.

This day was inaugurated in 2007 EWEA and was celebrated by 35,000 people from 18 different countries in Europe.

and because It’s time to get serious about speeding up the expansion of wind energy in world, let’s dig deeper in knowledging about the wind energy,

In 2021, wind supplied over 1800 TWh of electricity, which was over 6% of world electricity and about 2% of world energy. With about 100 GW added during 2021, mostly in China and the United States, global installed wind power capacity exceeded 800 GW. To help meet the Paris Agreement goals to limit climate change, analysts say it should expand much faster—by over 1% of electricity generation per year.

Wind power is considered a sustainable, renewable energy source and has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to burning fossil fuels.

Wind power is one of the lowest-cost electricity sources per unit of energy produced. In many locations, new onshore wind farms are cheaper than new coal or gas plants.

Wind Farms

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines distributed over an extended area. The land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other purposes. A wind farm may also be located offshore. Almost all large wind turbines have the same design: a horizontal axis wind turbine with an upwind rotor with three blades attached to a nacelle on top of a tall tubular tower.

Most modern turbines use variable speed generators combined with either a partial or full-scale power converter between the turbine generator and the collector system, which generally have more desirable properties for grid interconnection and have low voltage ride through-capabilities.

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Wind Power (2020):

Capacity by Megawatts (MW)

1- China 282,112.71 (MW)

2- United States 118,731.72 (MW)

3 Germany 62,188.03 (MW)

4- India 38,558.64 (MW)

5- Spain 26,819.25 (MW)

6- United Kingdom 24,484.86 (MW)

7- France 17,484.07 (MW)

8- Brazil 17,198.38 (MW)

9- Canada 13,627.09 (MW)

10- Italy 10,870.610 (MW)

15 Countries That Produce the Most Wind Energy

#15 Mexico

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 7,692

#14 Netherlands

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 7,801

#13 Australia

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 8,951

#12 Turkey

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 10,607

#11 Italy

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 11,276

#10 Sweden

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 12,080

#9 Canada

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 14,304

#8 France

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 18,676

#7 Brazil

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 21,161

#6 United Kingdom

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 27,130

#5 Spain

Wind is the biggest source of electricity generation in Spain given the country’s installed wind turbine capacity of 27.5 GW

#4 India

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 40,067

#3 Germany

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 63,760

#2 United States

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 132,738

#1 China

2021 Megawatts of Installed Wind Turbine Capacity: 328,973

WIND ENERGY IN EGYPT

Egypt lined up commitments for up to another 15 GW of wind power, bringing to 25 GW the total new wind-power generation capacity it has locked in recent days.

25 GW: That’s A LOT of power. It’s almost half of the country’s current installed capacity, which at the end of 2021 stood at 59.5 GW. It is also more than 7x greater than the country’s total renewable-energy generation capacity, which was 3.4 GW at the end of last year.

Egypt enjoys excellent wind along the Gulf of Suez with an average wind speed of 10.5 m/sec. It is just one of 38 countries in the world with a published National Wind Atlas. Egypt’s wind-generated power capacity is expected to reach 7 GW by 2022, making it an important contributor to the renewable energy mix.

New Project by "Infinity Power" and "Hassan Allam Utilities" together with long-time partner "Masdar" building a 10-GW onshore wind farm in Egypt, which is set to be one of the largest in the world, the companies said in a joint statement. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on hand for the event 2022.

This would give Egypt two of the world’s largest wind farms Currently, Egypt’s largest wind farm is the 545-MW facility in Zafarana. Just one of these plants is enough to make a huge dent in Egypt’s emissions, The Masdar-Infinity-Hassan Allam plant will have the capacity to produce nearly 48k GWh of clean energy a year with a cost of at least USD 10 - 12 Billion.

Sources:

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REVE Magazine

European Union

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