Wind power in Asia
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Asia (excluding Middle East) has a total generating capacity of 175,831 MW from wind power.[1] Asia is the fastest growing region in terms of wind energy, having increased its installed capacity by 33,858 MW in 2005 (a 24% increase over 2014).China with 145,362 MW of installed capacity is the world's largest generator of electricity from wind energy. India is the second largest in Asia with an installed capacity of 25,088 MW.[1] Other key countries include Japan (1,394 MW), Taiwan (188 MW), South Korea (173 MW) and the Philippines (33 MW).[2]
Installed Wind Power Capacity
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# | Nation | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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1 | China | 2,599 | 5,912 | 12,210 | 25,104 | 44,733 | 62,733 | 75,564 | 91,412 | 114,763 | 145,104 |
2 | India | 6,270 | 7,850 | 9,587 | 10,925 | 13,064 | 16,084 | 18,421 | 20,150 | 22,465 | 25,088 |
3 | Japan | 1,309 | 1,528 | 1,880 | 2,056 | 2,304 | 2,501 | 2,614 | 2,669 | 2,789 | 3,038 |
4 | South Korea | 176 | 192 | 278 | 348 | 379 | 407 | 483 | 561 | 609 | 835 |
5 | Taiwan | 188 | 280 | 358 | 436 | 519 | 564 | 564 | 614 | 633 | 647 |
6 | Pakistan[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 255 |
7 | Thailand | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 112 | 223 | 223 | 223 |
8 | Philippines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 216 | 216 |
9 | Iran | 47 | 67 | 82 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | 91 | N/A | N/A |
10 | Sri Lanka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 63 | N/A | N/A |
11 | Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | N/A | N/A |
- | Rest of Asia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 71 | 87 | - | 167 |
World total capacity (MW) | 10,589 | 15,829 | 24,395 | 38,960 | 61,090 | 82,387 | 97,983 | 115,986 | 141,902 | 175,831 |
@If data is not available for a particular year for a given country, for calculating the total the last available data is considered.
See also
- Wind farm
- Wind power in India
- Wind power in Iran
- Wind power in Pakistan
- Wind power in Thailand
- Renewable energy portal