GWEC Raises 2025 Global Wind Forecast by 8.8% to 150 GW

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has released a new set of figures forecasting accelerated growth across Asia, which is expected to drive significant new capacity additions. GWEC reported that India set a new national record with 6.3 GW of installations last year, while Europe added 16.5 GW of new capacity — 5 GW more than in 2024.

In a blog post, GWEC noted that the United States is expected to add more than 7 GW of new capacity, while China is on track to surpass 100 GW, with 89 GW installed by the end of November. Globally, wind energy installations are projected to cross 150 GW in 2025. As economic growth becomes increasingly decoupled from rising emissions, wind energy has emerged as a go-to renewable technology, offering a clean, secure and future-focused energy system.

The announcement follows GWEC’s Wind Report 2025 for India, which builds on earlier research projecting that India will more than double its installed wind power capacity to 107 GW by 2030. The report also noted that India is already the world’s third-largest wind manufacturing hub, with manufacturing capacity rising from 12 GW in 2022 to 20 GW in 2024.

GWEC Raises 2025 Global Wind Forecast by 13.3 GW, or 8.8%, to 150 GW

The research further noted that growing wind capacity will see countries such as Vietnam, Australia, and the Philippines catching up with Europe’s mature markets by 2030. These markets view renewable energy as key to powering their GDP growth targets.

GDP growth and wind energy deployment are now intrinsically linked, with GWEC Market Intelligence noting a record year for 2025. New wind energy capacity is expected to rise accordingly, and the report has raised its global wind installation forecast for 2025 by 8.8% (13.3 GW) to 150 GW. It also anticipates global capacity surpassing 2 TW by 2030, with Asia-Pacific excluding China accounting for 12% of global wind energy installations by the end of the decade.

Leadership View

“These new figures show that fast-growing economies are driving the growth of wind energy, and wind energy is in turn driving those economies to new heights," said Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council.   

Ben Backwell added, "In China, we estimate there are more around 225,000 wind turbines generating more than 1.2 GWh of electricity, helping thermal generation fall in the country as energy consumption hit a new high. In India, soaring electricity demand is being met by a record-breaking year for new wind energy capacity and huge solar additions. In the UK, the record-breaking AR7 auction is going to bring £22bn of new private investment into the country[1]. This momentum can be seen in the next wave of emerging markets of Vietnam, South Korea, and the Philippines." 

“It is now clear that economic growth and renewable energy go hand-in-hand. The reality of the modern energy system is becoming increasingly clear, and wind energy is cementing its place as the foundation of the Age of Electricity,” Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council

“The world is entering an energy-intensive growth phase, and wind energy is proving to be its backbone. In 2025 alone, global wind installations are set to cross 150 GW, up from 94 GW just four years ago, driven largely by Asia’s fast-growing economies," Girish Tanti, Vice-Chairman, Global Wind Energy Council.

"Countries such as China, India, Vietnam, Australia and the Philippines are scaling wind to meet rising industrial demand, urbanisation and electrification at the lowest cost. By 2030, global wind capacity will exceed 2 terawatts, with Asia-Pacific markets outside China accounting for an increasing share of that growth,” Girish Tanti added.