Global Wind Tally Hits 336GW

here were 17.6GW of new wind energy installations in the first half of 2014 to drive total global capacity to 336GW, according to a report. The new installations were up from 14GW in the same period of 2013 and by the end of this year the World Wind Energy Association expects worldwide capacity to top 360GW. Figures also reveal Asia has overtaken Europe as the leading wind continent with China close to 100GW of installed capacity. In Latin America, Brazil is now the third largest market for new wind turbines. The increase in global wind capacity was 5.5% in the six-month period compared with 5% in the year-ago period and 7.3% in 2012.