| 5,500 |
The number of average EU households that one 6 MW offshore turbine can power. |
| 8,000 |
The number of parts a wind turbine has. |
| 59.6% |
On 6 November, 2011 at 2 am, 59.6% of Spain’s total power demand was supplied by wind power. |
| 55% |
Of all the electricity used by South Australians on 5 September 2012 was generated by wind power. |
| 16% |
The average amount of electricity demand met by wind in Spain. |
| 39.4% |
The annual growth of Chinese wind market in 2011. |
| 26% |
The average amount of electricity demand supplied by wind in Denmark. The Danish government aims to get 50% of its electricity from wind by 2025. |
| 199,064 |
The number of wind turbines spinning around the world at the end of 2011. |
| 45,894 |
The amount of wind turbines up and running in China at the end of 2011. |
| 3 |
It takes a wind turbine 3-6 months to recoup the energy that goes into producing, operating and recycling the wind turbine after its 20 to 25 year lifetime. |
| 1$ |
The amount of subsidies given to all renewable energy technologies, versus the $USD 6-7 in subsidies given to fossil fuels (see the International Energy Agency’s 2011 World Energy Outlook). |
| 41 |
The number of GW of wind power installed in 2011, bringing the total installed global capacity to more than 238 GW at the end of 2011. |
| 23,640 |
The number of new wind turbines erected across the world in 2011. |
| 15 |
Wind turbine blades rotate between 15 and 20 times per minute. |
| 2.5% |
The percentage of global electricity supplied by wind power. |
| 8-12% |
The amount of global electricity that could be supplied by wind power in 2020. |
| 10,000 |
A farmer from Iowa who uses one tenth of a hectare for a wind turbine could earn about $USD 10,000 per year, compared to about $USD 300 using the same area to grow corn for ethanol. |
| 7.5 |
The most powerful wind turbine is a 7.5 MW turbine with a rotor diameter of 126 meters. |
| 6 |
The largest offshore turbines are just over 6 MW with a rotor diameter of 126 metres – longer than a football field. |
| 150 |
The largest turbine in the world is the new Alstom Haliade 6 MW turbine with a rotor diameter of 150.8 meters. |
| 102 |
The amount of megawatts in the first large commercial offshore project outside of Europe – the Shanghai Donghai Bridge offshore project. |
| 89% |
The number of EU citizens who are in favour of wind power, according to a 2011 poll. |
| 2 |
A 10 MW wind farm can easily be built in two months. A larger 50 MW wind farm can be built in six months. |
| 240,000 |
The number of people employed by the wind industry in the EU in 2011. This is a 30% increase from 2007 to 2010, despite EU unemployment which rose by 9.6%. |
| 520,000 |
The amount of people expected to be employed by the wind power sector in 2020 in the EU. By 2030, the figure will be 794,079, with 62 % of jobs in the offshore sector. |
| 670,000 |
The number of people employed worldwide by the wind industry in 2011. |
| 583 |
The number of megawatts of wind power installed in Brazil in 2011 – Brazil has become a leader in the South American wind energy market, increasing its capacity over 90% from 2010 to a total of more than 1500 MW. |
| 7 |
The number of wind bases in China aiming at reaching at least 10 GW: Inner Mongolia East, Inner Mongolia West, HeBei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Ganxu, XinJiang. |
| 446,000,000,000 |
The number of kilowatt hours of wind energy produced worldwide in 2011. |
| 84 |
In 2010, the 84 GW of wind power in the EU avoided the emission of 126 million tonnes (Mt) of CO₂, equivalent to taking 30% of EU cars (64 million vehicles) off the road. |
| 17 |
Wind power farms generate between 17 and 39 times as much power as they consume, compared to 16 times for nuclear plants and 11 times for coal plants. |
| 5,700,000,000 |
The EU exported 5.7 billion Euro worth of wind industry products and services in 2011. |
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