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Wind Energy Industry Statistics

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Wind Energy Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The wind energy industry at a glance

Wind power reached 1,299 GW of global installed capacity in 2025 after a record 165 GW of additions, reinforcing its role as a core source of new electricity supply.

1,299 GW[26]
Global installed capacity, 2025
165 GW[26]
New global capacity, 2025
72%[95]
China share of additions, 2025
159 GW[96]
U.S. utility-scale capacity, 2025
Market size
Global installed wind power capacity reached 1,299 GW at the end of 2025, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. The United States had 159.1 GW of utility-scale wind capacity in 2025.[26][96]
Forecast & CAGR
The IEA forecasts global cumulative onshore wind capacity to increase 1.7-fold to 2,040 GW by 2031. This implies an approximate 9.2% compound annual growth rate over six years, while cumulative onshore additions during 2025–2030 are expected to reach 732 GW.[93]
Market share & regions
China accounted for 119 GW, or 72%, of global wind capacity additions in 2025. In the United States, GE Vernova and Vestas together held 93% of the 2025 turbine installation market, while Europe represented 12.3% of global turbine installations by unit count.[95][26]
Segmentation
Wind deployment remains primarily onshore: the IEA projects 2,040 GW of global cumulative onshore capacity by 2031. GWEC reported average turbine ratings of 6.16 MW for onshore machines and 10.31 MW for offshore machines installed in 2025.[93][26]
Key players & concentration
The five leading turbine suppliers in 2025 were Goldwind, Envision, Windey, Mingyang and SANY, all headquartered in China, with installed volumes of 29.7 GW, 21.8 GW, 19.8 GW, 18.6 GW and 15.1 GW respectively. In 2024, the top five suppliers accounted for about 57% of reported global deliveries based on GWEC's supplier shares.[26][94]
Pricing
Global offshore wind project costs declined from approximately $252/MWh for projects reaching commercial operation in 2011 to $102/MWh in 2021, measured as unsubsidized nominal 2024 levelized cost of electricity. U.S. land-based wind operators incurred average operating costs above $40/kW annually in 2023.[40]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Wind additions reached a record 165 GW in 2025, nearly 40% above the previous record, supported by rising electricity demand, energy-security concerns and manufacturing scale. The main constraints are grid capacity, permitting, financing and supply-chain pressure; China curtailed 360 TWh of wind and solar generation in the first half of 2026 because of transmission and storage limitations.[26][93][59]
Consumer behavior & competition
Demand is increasingly shaped by utilities, industrial buyers and data-center customers seeking long-term clean-power contracts rather than by household purchases of turbines. Competition is bifurcating between Chinese OEMs, which occupied the top six global supplier positions in 2025, and Western manufacturers that retained 75% of installations outside China according to BloombergNEF.[97][26]
M&A
Industry consolidation continued in 2026: J-POWER completed its acquisition of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' domestic onshore wind business on April 1, while Soluna closed its $53 million acquisition of the 150 MW Briscoe Wind Farm in Texas. These transactions illustrate continued consolidation of operating assets and vertical integration with power-intensive businesses.[98][99]
Regulation
Regulation is focused on accelerating permitting, manufacturing and grid connections. The European Commission's EU Wind Power Package includes updated permitting guidance, renewable-acceleration areas and an EU renewable-energy auctions platform; the permitting regulation was extended through June 2025.[100]
Latest news
The latest global data show a record 165 GW of wind capacity added in 2025 and 1,299 GW installed worldwide. Early 2026 indicators were mixed: the World Wind Energy Association reported 58.9 GW of additions in the first half of 2026, down 18% year on year, while forecasting approximately 173 GW for the full year.[26][101]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Wind Energy Industry

The leading companies in the wind energy industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

GE Vernova leads Gitnux's 2026 wind energy ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with revenue growth 8.9% and operating margin 3.6% in its Wind segment. NextEra Energy is the runner-up at 9.1, with revenue growth 10.7% and operating margin 30.2% in wind projects.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in wind turbines & services

    GE Vernova

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.3 · Wind turbines & services

    Why we picked it: It reports a dedicated wind segment across onshore and offshore turbines and services, with 8.9% revenue growth.

    See in ranking ↓Visit gevernova.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    NextEra Energy

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.1 · Wind turbines & services

    Why we picked it: It develops and operates large-scale wind projects, reporting 10.7% revenue growth and 30.2% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit nexteraenergy.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    Siemens Energy

    DE

    Ranked #3 · 8.9 · Wind turbines & services

    Why we picked it: Its Siemens Gamesa unit is a global wind technology leader, with 13.4% revenue growth and 3.1% R&D intensity.

    See in ranking ↓Visit siemens-energy.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. No other segment places in the top 5, so picks 2 and 3 follow rank.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the wind energy industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

GE Vernova

Wind turbines & services · US

9.3
2

NextEra Energy

Wind turbines & services · US

9.1
3

Siemens Energy

Wind turbines & services · DE

8.9
4

Vestas

Wind turbines & services · DK

8.9
5

Suzlon Energy

Wind turbines & services · IN

8.8
6

Iberdrola

Onshore and offshore wind generation · ES

8.7
7

Brookfield Renewable

Wind power development and operations · CA

8.5
8

Nordex

Onshore wind turbines and services · DE

8.3
9

Enercon

Onshore wind turbines and services · DE

8.0
10

RWE

Onshore and offshore wind generation · DE

7.9

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the wind energy industry. In Wind Energy Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/wind-energy-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

New wind power installations

China leads with 80K MW.

China80K MW
United States4,058 MW
Germany4,022 MW
India3,420 MW
Brazil3,278 MW
source-verifiedgwec.net

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Inspection and condition-monitoring analytics show large-scale deployment, including 1M+ automated or digitally managed inspections globally as of 2026.

AI in the wind energy industry

  • 1M+ wind-turbine inspections have been completed globally using SkySpecs’ AI-assisted analysis and software, as of 2026.[1]
  • 275,000+ wind-turbine blades are included in SkySpecs’ inspection dataset, covering more than 91,600 turbines, in 2024.[1]
  • 10× monitoring efficiency was reported for an AI-based wind-drivetrain condition-monitoring system developed in the EU AI-TRAIN project, in 2021.[1]
  • More than 200 photographs are analyzed per wind-turbine inspection in Vestas’ AI-assisted blade analytics process, in 2021.[2]
  • 16 GW of multi-brand wind-turbine condition-monitoring sensor data is analyzed continuously by SkySpecs, in 2024.[1]
  • 6,000+ wind turbines are continuously analyzed with SkySpecs’ SCADA-based analytics, representing about 20 GW of capacity, in 2024.[1]

Automation in the wind energy industry

  • 8,000+ components are contained in the average wind turbine, increasing the scope for robotic inspection and maintenance automation, according to a 2023 DOE report.[3]
  • 1M+ automated or digitally managed wind-turbine inspections have been performed by SkySpecs globally, as of 2026.[1]
  • 30 minutes was the average downtime per wind turbine in Sulzer Schmid’s 2021 automated inspection campaign.[4]
  • 66% less time spent on wind-turbine blade repairs was projected for Vestas’ autonomous BladeRobots, in 2021.[2]
  • 4,000 wind turbines were inspected by drone across 15 countries in Sulzer Schmid’s 2021 Vestas campaign.[4]
  • Up to 7 hours of work per wind turbine can be saved through Vestas’ drone inspections, in 2021.[2]

Digital Transformation in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • 100% of utilities globally had initiated digital transformation, while 20% had completed it, according to a global survey conducted in 2024.[5]
  • 92% of energy companies planned digital technology investments, while 27% were retraining and reskilling existing employees, according to a 2024 survey.[6]
  • 84% of energy and utilities organizations were investing in digital modernization in 2026, while 20% had begun reorganizing engineering operations.[7]
  • 73% of power and utilities companies said their organizational culture impeded digital-technology adoption in a global survey conducted in late 2024.[6]

Technology Adoption in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • 73% of power and utilities organizations were using artificial intelligence, generative AI or machine learning in 2024, based on a global industry survey.[6]
  • 79% of power and utilities organizations were using cyber-threat monitoring and intelligence platforms covering IT and operational technology in 2024.[6]
  • 78% of power and utilities organizations were using advanced analytics in 2024, according to EY’s global Future of Energy Survey.[6]
  • 62% of power and utilities organizations were using robotic process automation in 2024, according to a global survey of industry executives and employees.[6]

Cloud Computing in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of energy companies used only the cloud capacity and functions they had committed to, according to an Infosys industry study published in 2024.[8]
  • 41% of energy companies allowed any department head or IT manager to deploy new cloud infrastructure, software or applications in an Infosys study.[8]
  • 63% of power and utilities organizations were using cloud computing while developing improvements or new applications in 2024.[6]
  • 79% of power and utilities organizations were using cloud computing in 2024, according to a global EY survey.[6]
  • 32% of power and utilities organizations using cloud computing planned improvements or new uses during the following five years in 2024.[6]

Big Data in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • 20% of electric utilities had already implemented big-data analytics, while 32% were implementing it, in a survey covering 10 countries.[9]
  • 25% of utilities reported extensive use of analytics for business intelligence and billing or revenue analysis in a survey of 190 organizations.[10]
  • 78% of power and utilities organizations were using advanced analytics in 2024, a sector-specific proxy for big-data adoption in EY’s global survey.[6]
  • 41% of utilities said advanced-metering-infrastructure data was fully embedded and scalable across daily workflows in 2026.[11]
  • 86% of utilities used advanced-metering-infrastructure data enterprise-wide or in specific workflows in 2026, according to a global utility executive survey.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

SCADA-based analytics and data governance remain central, with 4.6% average curtailment rate across seven U.S. ISOs in 2023 and 65% reporting near-universal data governance in 2026.

Business intelligence in the wind energy industry

  • Five 2.5 MW wind turbines provided three years of complete SCADA data for an intelligent-maintenance database covering 2012–2014.[12]
  • 23 variables were recorded in each 10-minute SCADA sample from the seven-turbine Spanish wind farm study covering 2014–2021.[13]
  • 7 years and 8 months of operational SCADA data were collected from the Spanish wind farm between January 2014 and September 2021.[13]
  • 45 German wind turbines were represented in the Maelstrom open dataset, with six months of hourly operational data.[14]
  • 7.5 MW was the combined rated capacity of the five Fuhrländer FL2500 turbines in the publicly released wind-maintenance database.[12]
  • 53.67 operational turbine-years were analyzed in a central-Spain wind farm study using SCADA and maintenance records through September 2021.[13]

Data analytics in the wind energy industry

  • More than 100 wind turbines rated at 2 MW were analyzed in a fleet fault-detection study using SCADA alarms and autoencoders.[15]
  • 2.21% of records in the northern-China wind SCADA dataset contained missing values before analytics preprocessing in 2024.[15]
  • 14 years of 10-minute SCADA data from one Vestas V52 turbine in Ireland were identified in a 2025 review of wind datasets.[16]
  • 12,960 raw operational records were used in a northern-China wind-power forecasting dataset collected from January to March 2024.[15]
  • 66 North American wind turbines rated at 1.5 MW each were included in a bearing-failure prediction study using SCADA analytics.[17]
  • 36 wind turbines across three wind farms contributed 89 years of real-world operating data to the CARE anomaly-detection dataset.[18]

Data Quality in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across water utilities, 7% of respondents rated asset information in EAM or CMMS as very good in 2026.[19]
  • Across water utilities, 19% of respondents rated asset characteristics information as very good in 2026.[19]
  • Across electric utilities surveyed, 69% reported user confidence in data accuracy, compared with 77% for completeness.[20]
  • Across water utilities, 8% of respondents rated asset O&M cost information as very good in 2026.[19]
  • Across electric utilities surveyed, 77% reported no erosion in data quality over time.[20]
  • Across water utilities, 10% of respondents rated asset condition and performance information as very good in 2026.[19]

Data Governance in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across utilities surveyed, 6% reported fully traceable data from original source to decision-making or business processes in 2020.[21]
  • Across energy and utilities organizations, 65% reported that all or nearly all of their data was governed in 2026.[22]
  • Across utilities surveyed, 56% had some form of inventory covering data sources and data-quality, integration, and analytics tools in 2020.[21]
  • Across utilities surveyed, 9% had fully implemented an enterprise-wide data-governance program in 2020.[21]
  • Across utilities surveyed, 50% estimated they were still three to five years away from enterprise-level data governance in 2020.[21]
  • Across power and utility executives surveyed, 57% assessed data-governance maturity as developing or initial in 2021; none reported advanced practices.[6]

KPIs in the wind energy industry

  • 34% was the average offshore-wind capacity factor in the European Union in 2025.[23]
  • 4.6% was the average wind-power curtailment rate across seven U.S. independent system operators in 2023.[24]
  • 96.6% was the mean time-based availability of German wind turbines in the WInD-Pool analysis using 2010–2017 market data.[13]
  • 22% was the average capacity factor of the European Union wind fleet in 2025.[23]
  • 38.2% was the average 2023 capacity factor for U.S. land-based wind projects built in 2022.[24]
  • 92.7% was the mean monetary-based availability of German wind turbines in the WInD-Pool analysis using 2010–2017 data.[13]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Capacity buildout stays near record levels: 165 GW were added globally in 2025, and the IEA expects cumulative onshore capacity to reach 2,040 GW by 2031.

Growth in the wind energy industry

  • Germany added 4,602 MW of new wind capacity in 2025.[25]
  • The United States added 6,272 MW of new wind capacity in 2025.[25]
  • 117 GW of wind capacity was installed globally in 2024, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.[26]
  • 1,346,866 MW was the world’s cumulative installed wind capacity at the end of 2025.[25]
  • Wind power generated nearly 3,000 TWh in 2025, supplying more than 11% of global electricity demand.[27]
  • China installed 130 GW of new wind capacity in 2025, representing 77% of global additions.[25]

Differentiation in the wind energy industry

  • SANY’s SI-270150 turbine has 131-metre-long onshore blades, described by the company as the world’s longest.[28]
  • Nordex’s N175/6.X turbine has a nominal capacity of up to 6.8 MW for medium- and low-wind sites.[29]
  • A Chinese onshore turbine certified in 2024 has a 236-metre rotor diameter and 43,700-square-metre swept area.[30]
  • Nordex’s N175/6.X turbine has a rotor diameter of 175 metres and a swept area of 24,053 square metres.[29]
  • The N175/6.X uses a single-piece rotor blade approximately 86 metres long.[29]
  • SANY’s SI-270150 onshore turbine has a 15 MW rated capacity and 270-metre rotor diameter.[28]

Mergers and acquisitions in the wind energy industry

  • OX2 acquired an Australian onshore wind project with planned capacity of approximately 1 GW in 2024.[31]
  • PPC Renewables acquired a Romanian operating wind farm with 84 MW of installed capacity in March 2024.[32]
  • OX2’s acquired Australian project also included an indicative 100 MW battery-storage system.[31]
  • Exus acquired the 51 MW Cascante Wind Farm in Navarra, Spain, in 2024.[33]
  • Ørsted acquired Eversource’s 50% stake in the 924 MW Sunrise Wind project in New York for $152 million at closing in 2024.[34]
  • Clearway Energy agreed to acquire the 137 MW Tuolumne Wind Project in Washington in 2024.[35]

Strategic partnerships in the wind energy industry

  • RWE and Masdar formed joint ventures for the 3 GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind projects in the United Kingdom.[36]
  • SBM Offshore and Technip Energies agreed to create EkWiL as a 50/50 floating offshore wind joint venture in 2024.[37]
  • Ocean Winds and Eletrobras signed a memorandum of understanding to study offshore wind development in Brazil in 2024.[38]
  • RWE and TotalEnergies formed a 50/50 partnership for the 795 MW OranjeWind offshore wind project in the Netherlands in 2024.[36]
  • The OranjeWind partnership includes 53 Vestas 15 MW turbines under a turbine-supply agreement.[36]
  • Dominion Energy agreed to sell Stonepeak a 50% noncontrolling interest in Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind in 2024.[39]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce availability is constrained: U.S. wind service technician growth is projected at 60% from 2023 to 2033, while hiring difficulty is reported by 68% of employers.

Hiring in the wind energy industry

  • 7.8% was the anticipated 2024–2025 employment growth rate for U.S. wind professional and business services employers.[40]
  • 2,578 U.S. wind professional and business services jobs were added between 2022 and 2023, a 7.9% increase.[40]
  • 33% of U.S. wind utility employers reported hiring was very difficult in 2024.[40]
  • 60% growth is projected for U.S. wind-turbine service technician employment from 2023 to 2033.[41]
  • 18% of U.S. wind wholesale-trade employers reported hiring was very difficult in 2024.[40]

Employee retention in the wind energy industry

  • 52% of surveyed Canadian renewable-energy employers identified excessive turnover as a difficult retention challenge in 2025.[42]
  • 18.7% was actual U.S. wind utility employment growth from 2022 to 2023, compared with 3.9% anticipated growth.[40]
  • 7 GW of planned U.S. offshore-wind capacity was cancelled in 2023, affecting future workforce demand.[43]
  • 53% of surveyed Canadian renewable-energy employers said uncompetitive compensation and benefits were a difficult employee-retention challenge in 2025.[42]
  • Six months was the reported vacancy period for wind technicians in Germany in 2023.[43]

Remote Work in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. utility employers recruiting new graduates, 9.3% of positions were fully remote in 2024.[44]
  • Across U.S. utilities, 18.2% of employees worked fully remotely in November 2024.[45]
  • U.S. utilities employees worked 31.42% of paid days from home in 2024.[46]
  • U.S. utilities employees worked 22.32% of paid days from home in 2026.[46]

Hybrid Work in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. utilities, 51% of full-time employees worked either hybrid or fully from home during September–December 2024.[47]
  • Across U.S. utilities, 32.5% of employees worked in hybrid arrangements in November 2024.[45]
  • Among U.S. utility employers recruiting new graduates, 43.4% of positions were fully hybrid in 2024.[44]
  • U.S. utilities had 28% of full-time employees in hybrid arrangements during September–December 2024.[47]

Upskilling in the wind energy industry

  • 68% of surveyed wind-industry employers reported some or great difficulty finding qualified applicants across most occupations in the United States.[40]
  • 2% of New York offshore-wind-related training programs were classified as upskilling programs in 2022.[48]
  • 60% of surveyed U.S. wind-energy students reported insufficient exposure to the wind industry in their coursework in 2022.[49]
  • 570 new training programs were estimated to be needed to support 20% wind electricity generation by 2030 in the United States.[40]
  • 79.2% of surveyed U.S. wind-energy students said obtaining technical training was somewhat or considerably challenging in 2022.[49]

Employee Engagement in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among frontline energy and utilities workers, 57% said workplace communication tools were designed for desk workers rather than them in 2025.[50]
  • Among U.S. energy and utility organizations, 54% reported that frontline disengagement affected productivity in 2023.[51]
  • At Southern California Edison, 82% of employees gave a favorable overall engagement response in 2022.[52]
  • Across U.S. utilities, 70% of employees were engaged in the July 2025–June 2026 benchmark period.[53]

DEI in the wind energy industry

  • 9% of the U.S. wind electric-power-generation workforce were Asian workers in 2023.[40]
  • 29% of the U.S. wind electric-power-generation workforce were non-white workers in 2023.[40]
  • 30% of the U.S. wind electric-power-generation workforce was female in 2023.[40]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Service economics and retention signals stay visible: Siemens Gamesa’s service-business customer-retention rate was 67% in fiscal 2021, globally.

Customer experience in the wind energy industry

  • 52.2% of Rhode Island renewable-energy participants said their Renewable Energy Growth payments were as expected or higher than expected, United States.[54]
  • 10% of surveyed small-wind owners in New Jersey were extremely satisfied with their turbine, while 40% were extremely unsatisfied, United States.[55]
  • 1,705 people living within five miles of 250 U.S. wind projects participated in the national wind-project-neighbor attitudes survey, United States.[40]
  • 80 points out of 100 was Century Wind Power’s average customer-satisfaction score from three questionnaires, China.[56]
  • 60.6% of Rhode Island renewable-energy participants said their wind-system production was as expected or higher than expected, United States.[54]

Customer retention in the wind energy industry

  • 67% was Siemens Gamesa’s service-business customer-retention rate in fiscal 2021, globally.[57]
  • 5 years was the assumed average initial OEM service period for newly installed wind turbines in the European Commission’s market analysis, Europe.[58]
  • 79 GW was the Siemens Gamesa fleet under maintenance in fiscal 2021, an increase of 7% year over year, globally.[57]
  • 52% of Siemens Gamesa’s €16.8 billion fiscal-2021 order backlog came from its Service business, globally.[57]
  • 83% was Siemens Gamesa’s service-contract renewal rate in fiscal 2021, up from 70% in fiscal 2020, globally.[57]

Customer acquisition in the wind energy industry

  • 18 years was the average length of Vestas full-scope service contracts signed in 2019, globally.[56]
  • 27.2% of Vestas service order intake associated with new turbine orders used the AOM 4000 package in 2019, globally.[56]
  • 674 turbines were included in GE’s SunZia onshore-wind order, described as its largest onshore-wind turbine order, United States.[59]
  • 410 MW was the capacity of a long-term multibrand service contract Vestas commenced in Brazil in 2020, South America.[2]
  • 65.8% of Vestas service order intake associated with new turbine orders used the AOM 5000 package in 2019, globally.[56]

Customer loyalty in the wind energy industry

  • 30 years was the maximum duration of Vestas comprehensive maintenance-partnering service contracts, globally.[2]
  • 36.7% of Vestas service order intake tied to new turbine orders used the AOM 5000 package in 2016, globally.[2]
  • 45.9% of Vestas service order intake tied to new turbine orders used the AOM 4000 package in 2016, globally.[2]
  • 22 was Vestas Service’s Net Promoter Score in its 2015 customer survey, globally.[2]
  • 44 was Vestas Service’s Customer Net Promoter Score in its 2024 customer-loyalty survey, globally.[56]

Lead generation in the wind energy industry

  • 10.4% was the reply rate from a targeted outbound campaign for a wind-sector blade-monitoring technology company, geography not specified.[60]
  • 2,600+ wind and renewable-energy contacts were contacted in a DACH outbound campaign, the highest-volume segment in that campaign, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[61]
  • 13 high-value account-based-marketing sales meetings were generated for a wind-blade-monitoring company in a 90-day outbound campaign, geography not specified.[60]
  • Approximately 2.5% to 3.4% was the reply rate for wind and renewable-energy contacts in the DACH outbound campaign, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[61]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Public and social sentiment is measurable, including 9,031,896 TikTok views for anti-wind-energy content between May 2024 and February 2026.

Marketing in the wind energy industry

  • 8% of Dutch respondents were satisfied with the current approach to end-of-life wind-turbine blades in a 2025 public-perception study.[62]
  • 81% of respondents in Denmark viewed wind farms positively in 2023, indicating strong national market acceptance for wind-energy development.[63]
  • 79% of respondents in Portugal viewed wind farms positively in 2023, supporting favorable market positioning for wind-energy projects.[63]
  • 81% of respondents in Croatia viewed wind farms positively in 2023, making Croatia one of the most receptive European markets for wind-energy messaging.[63]
  • 80% of people in Ireland supported wind-energy development in a national survey conducted for Wind Energy Ireland.[64]

Digital marketing in the wind energy industry

  • 1,327% was the increase in Crossflow Energy’s LinkedIn company-page followers after its social-media strategy was implemented.[65]
  • 30% of targeted executives visited Vestas’s campaign microsite during the LinkedIn Energy Transparency campaign.[66]
  • 10,680 corporate executives, employees and opinion leaders visited Vestas’s campaign microsites through the LinkedIn campaign.[66]
  • 7,385 engagements were generated by Crossflow Energy executives’ personal LinkedIn profiles during the campaign.[65]
  • 80% of targeted opinion leaders visited Vestas’s campaign microsite during the LinkedIn Energy Transparency campaign.[66]

Branding in the wind energy industry

  • 82% of Brazilian respondents supported national wind-power development in a five-country acceptability study.[67]
  • 71 was Vestas’s 2023 global reputation score in Caliber’s energy-company reputation ranking.[68]
  • 74 was ABO Wind’s 2023 global reputation score in Caliber’s energy-company reputation ranking.[68]
  • 16% of Dutch respondents were negative toward onshore wind energy after information was provided in TNO’s public-perception study.[69]
  • 14% of Dutch respondents were negative toward onshore wind energy before information was provided in TNO’s public-perception study.[69]

Social media in the wind energy industry

  • 9,031,896 TikTok views were recorded for anti-wind-energy content between May 2024 and February 2026.[67]
  • 11,074 posts on X about anti-wind-energy content were identified between May 2024 and February 2026.[67]
  • 760,693 Instagram likes were recorded for anti-wind-energy content between May 2024 and February 2026.[67]
  • 620,519 reposts or shares were recorded for anti-wind-energy content on X between May 2024 and February 2026.[67]
  • 27,495 Facebook posts about anti-wind-energy content were identified between May 2024 and February 2026.[67]

Influencer Marketing in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, authenticity and credibility were the top influencer-selection criteria for 58% of marketers in 2025.[66]
  • Across B2B companies, 76% of marketing leaders believed creator collaborations build brand authenticity in 2025.[66]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% were using influencers in 2025, while another 29% planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year.[66]
  • Across B2B companies, 28% of marketers ranked thought leaders or industry analysts as the most effective influencer type in 2025.[66]
  • Across B2B companies, influencer marketing was associated with a 39-percentage-point advantage in brand-awareness goal attainment in 2025.[66]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operational execution links to reliability and downtime measurement, including 1.3 hours mean downtime per outage event in surveyed large U.S. turbines in 2013.

Process optimization in the wind energy industry

  • 16% to 25% of LCOE was represented by offshore-wind O&M costs in G20 countries, according to IRENA’s 2021 cost analysis.[70]
  • 0.2 to 1 operation-and-maintenance jobs per MW was the estimated offshore-wind employment range in the value chain.[70]
  • 30% was the maximum share of LCOE that onshore-wind O&M costs could represent, according to IRENA.[70]
  • 37% less time was required to produce a single wind-turbine blade after advanced manufacturing techniques reduced production time from 38 to 24 hours in the United States.[40]
  • 43% lower offshore-wind O&M costs were achieved by Ørsted between 2015 and 2018, falling from USD 118/kW-year to USD 67/kW-year globally.[70]

Operational efficiency in the wind energy industry

  • 4.3% of surveyed U.S. wind-turbine time was attributed to reserve shutdowns caused by wind conditions in 2013.[40]
  • 1.3 hours was the mean downtime per outage event for surveyed large U.S. wind turbines in 2013.[70]
  • 28 hours was the mean time between outage events for surveyed large U.S. wind turbines in 2011.[40]
  • 78.5% was the utilization rate of surveyed large U.S. wind turbines in 2011.[40]
  • 36.1% was the capacity factor of surveyed large U.S. wind plants in 2013.[70]

Quality management in the wind energy industry

  • 34% of U.S. wind capacity was represented by owners and operators participating in the DOE/NREL gearbox database.[40]
  • 17.1% of recorded wind-turbine gearbox failures were attributed to gears in the DOE/NREL reliability database.[40]
  • 4 nondestructive inspection technologies cited by Sandia for wind-turbine blades were ultrasonic, microwave, shearography and thermography.[40]
  • More than 20 data-sharing partners participated in the DOE/NREL wind-turbine gearbox reliability effort by 2015.[40]
  • 6.9% of recorded wind-turbine gearbox failures were attributed to other components in the DOE/NREL reliability database.[40]

Supply chain in the wind energy industry

  • More than 500 U.S. manufacturing facilities specialized in wind components or turbine assembly, according to the Department of Energy.[40]
  • 85% or more of nacelle assembly for U.S. wind projects installed in 2022 occurred domestically.[40]
  • 8,000 parts were contained in the average utility-scale wind turbine described by the Department of Energy.[40]
  • More than 80% of nacelle assembly for turbines installed in the United States occurred domestically, according to DOE.[40]
  • 94 meters was the approximate tower height cited by DOE for the average utility-scale wind turbine.[40]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the utilities and renewable energy sector (sector benchmark)

  • 88% of power and utilities executives surveyed planned to rely more on vendors and contractors than previously, in a 2025 global energy survey.[6]
  • 55% of surveyed solar OEMs, technicians and installers across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain outsourced most solar maintenance in 2025.[71]
  • 40% of U.S. power and utilities executives surveyed said they would outsource some business functions to external contractors, according to a 2025 survey.[6]
  • 54% of U.S. solar companies surveyed outsourced most solar maintenance in 2025, compared with 60% in Germany and 48% in the United Kingdom.[71]
  • Approximately 45% of electric transmission, distribution and gas distribution work was outsourced in 2024, projected to exceed 50% over the following five years.[72]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Price formation is tracked through auction and LCOE ranges, including $70–157/MWh estimated U.S. offshore-wind LCOE in 2025.

Pricing strategy in the wind energy industry

  • £58.87/MWh was the clearing price for the UK’s 2024 offshore-wind auction, below the £73.00/MWh administrative strike price.[73]
  • $15.66/MWh was the reported bid price for Saudi Arabia’s Al Ghat wind farm in 2024.[74]
  • 3.5 GW of offshore-wind capacity was awarded to Ørsted in the UK’s 2024 allocation round for Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4.[75]
  • $34/MWh was the global weighted-average LCOE for onshore wind in 2024.[70]
  • $70–157/MWh was the estimated US offshore-wind LCOE range in 2025.[76]

Cost reduction in the wind energy industry

  • 55% was the reduction in global weighted-average onshore-wind installed cost between 2010 and 2024.[70]
  • $195/kW was China’s average onshore-wind installed cost in 2024, compared with $998/kW outside China.[70]
  • 76% was the decline in onshore-wind full-service contract prices between 2010 and 2025.[70]
  • 70% was the decline in global weighted-average onshore-wind LCOE between 2010 and 2024.[70]
  • 34% was the global weighted-average capacity factor for new onshore-wind projects in 2024, up from 27% in 2010.[70]

Profitability in the wind energy industry

  • €5.268 billion was Vestas Power Solutions’ revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025.[2]
  • 8.4% was Nordex’s full-year EBITDA margin in 2025.[77]
  • DKK15.563 billion was Ørsted’s net impairment charge in 2024, mainly linked to US projects and FlagshipONE.[75]
  • €274.3 million was Nordex’s 2025 net income.[77]
  • 4.3% was Vestas’s full-year EBIT margin in 2024, an improvement of 2.8 percentage points.[2]

Financial planning in the wind energy industry

  • 10.2% was the increase in global operating offshore-wind capacity from 2022 to 2023.[40]
  • 53% was the year-on-year growth in the US offshore-wind pipeline in the 2024 report.[40]
  • 68,258 MW was global operating offshore-wind capacity at the end of 2023.[40]
  • DKK3.5 billion was Ørsted’s fourth-quarter 2024 impairment on US seabed leases.[34]
  • 6,326 MW of new offshore-wind capacity was installed globally in 2023.[40]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Turbine scaling and service footprint are reflected in unit volumes, with 28,395 new wind turbines installed worldwide by OEMs in 2025.

Product development in the wind energy industry

  • 174.6 metres was the capacity-weighted average rotor diameter of operating offshore wind projects in 2022.[40]
  • 3.4 MW was the average rated capacity of newly installed U.S. land-based wind turbines in 2023, up 5% from 2022.[40]
  • 375% was the increase in average U.S. land-based turbine nameplate capacity between 1998–1999 and 2023.[40]
  • 7.7 MW was the capacity-weighted average turbine size for operating offshore wind projects in 2022.[40]
  • 28,395 new wind turbines were installed worldwide by OEMs in 2025, up 23% from 2024.[26]

Product lifecycle in the wind energy industry

  • 6%–14% of a wind turbine’s mass consists of harder-to-recycle composite components such as blades and covers.[40]
  • 2% of a land-based wind project’s total mass is attributed to cables when infrastructure is included.[40]
  • 72,130 wind turbines with more than 210,000 blades were deployed across the United States as of July 2022.[40]
  • 200,000–370,000 tons per year is the projected volume of global wind-turbine blade waste by 2050.[40]
  • 3,000–9,000 blades per year were expected to retire in the United States during 2021–2026.[40]

After-sales in the wind energy industry

  • €2.7 billion was the year-on-year increase in Vestas’s service-contract backlog during 2024.[56]
  • 60% growth was projected for U.S. wind-turbine service-technician employment between 2023 and 2033.[41]
  • 56,500 wind turbines equivalent to 155 GW were under Vestas service contracts at the end of 2024.[56]
  • 442,800 jobs were supported by Europe’s wind-energy sector in 2024 across the full lifecycle.[78]
  • $37/kW was the average scheduled-maintenance cost per visit for small wind projects.[40]

Value proposition in the wind energy industry

  • 141 million tons of CO2 emissions were avoided by wind energy in the European Union in 2025.[23]
  • $0.029/kWh was the 2024 LCOE for onshore wind in China.[70]
  • $1,041/kW was the global weighted-average total installed cost of onshore wind in 2024.[70]
  • $0.030/kWh was the 2024 LCOE for onshore wind in Brazil.[70]
  • $0.034/kWh was the global weighted-average LCOE of new utility-scale onshore wind projects in 2024.[70]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Climate-impact accounting is explicit in company figures; Vestas projected 463 million tonnes of CO₂e avoided over the lifetime of turbines produced and shipped in 2025.

Sustainability in the wind energy industry

  • 463 million tonnes of CO₂e are expected to be avoided over the lifetime of turbines Vestas produced and shipped in 2025 globally.[2]
  • 50 times as much GHG emissions are expected to be avoided over the lifetime of Vestas turbines as were emitted during their production in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 88 nationalities were represented among Vestas employees in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 35,100 employees worked for Vestas at the end of 2024 globally.[2]
  • 26% of Vestas’s top management were women at the end of 2024.[2]

ESG in the wind energy industry

  • 32.1% was Vestas’s refurbished-component utilisation rate in 2025 globally.[2]
  • 4% was the increase in Vestas’s Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions in 2025 compared with 2024 globally.[2]
  • 25% of Vestas leadership positions were held by women in 2025 globally.[2]
  • 6.39 kilograms of CO₂e per megawatt-hour generated was Vestas’s Scope 3 emissions intensity in 2025.[2]
  • 2.7 total recordable injuries per million working hours was Vestas’s 2025 rate globally.[2]

Ethics in the wind energy industry

  • 148 Vestas EthicsLine cases were substantiated in 2023 globally.[2]
  • 147 Vestas EthicsLine cases were substantiated in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 757 EthicsLine cases were recorded by Vestas in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 129 Vestas EthicsLine cases were substantiated in 2021 globally.[2]
  • 517 Vestas EthicsLine cases were unsubstantiated in 2023 globally.[2]

CSR in the wind energy industry

  • 7,572 community beneficiaries were reported by Vestas in 2022 globally.[2]
  • 83% of Vestas projects in scope underwent social due diligence in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 65% of Vestas projects in scope underwent social due diligence in 2022 globally.[2]
  • 59% of Vestas projects in scope underwent social due diligence in 2023 globally.[2]
  • 17 community grievances were recorded by Vestas in 2021 globally.[2]

Circular economy in the wind energy industry

  • 52% of waste from Vestas’s own operations was recycled or reused in its 2020 baseline globally.[2]
  • 3,000 blades per year was the U.S. recycling capacity reported for wind-turbine blades as of 2022.[40]
  • 200,000–370,000 tons per year is the projected U.S. wind-blade waste volume by 2050.[40]
  • 15,000–30,000 tonnes per year is the projected European decommissioned-blade volume for 2040–2070.[79]
  • 14% was Vestas’s refurbished-component utilisation rate in its 2020 baseline globally.[2]

Carbon footprint in the wind energy industry

  • 4–7 bats per megawatt per year is the estimated U.S. wind-facility bat-fatality range reported by the OECD.[80]
  • 0.1 million tonnes of combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions were reported by Vestas in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 580,000–1,018,983 bats per year was the estimated U.S. wind-facility mortality corresponding to 2023 installed capacity.[80]
  • 455 million tonnes of GHG emissions are expected to be avoided over the lifetime of Vestas turbines produced and shipped in 2024 globally.[2]
  • 18.7 million bat fatalities were estimated at U.S. onshore wind facilities between 1981 and 2024.[81]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Additions remain highly regional: China accounted for 119 GW or 72% of global wind capacity additions in 2025.

Globalization in the wind energy industry

  • 3.4 GW of new wind capacity was installed in India in 2024.[93]
  • 80 GW of new wind capacity was installed in China in 2024.[93]
  • Wind-turbine rare-earth magnet demand increased approximately threefold between 2015 and 2024.[93]
  • 120 GW of global wind capacity was added in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency.[93]
  • 20% of electricity consumed in the European Union came from wind energy in 2024.[93]

Cultural adaptation in the wind energy industry

  • 9% of the U.S. wind-electric-power-generation workforce identified as Asian in 2023.[40]
  • 5,715 U.S. wind-electric-power-generation jobs were added between 2022 and 2023.[40]
  • 12% of U.S. wind-electric-power-generation workers were represented by a union or covered by a project-labor or collective-bargaining agreement in 2023.[40]
  • 29% of the U.S. wind-electric-power-generation workforce identified as non-White in 2023.[40]
  • 8% of the U.S. wind-electric-power-generation workforce identified as Black or African American in 2023.[40]

Supplier management in the wind energy industry

  • 9.12% of global wind-turbine deliveries in 2024 were made by Windey.[94]
  • 4.09% of global wind-turbine deliveries in 2024 were made by GE Vernova.[94]
  • 13.48% of global wind-turbine deliveries in 2024 were made by Envision.[94]
  • 8.73% of global wind-turbine deliveries in 2024 were made by Vestas.[94]
  • 2.76% of global wind-turbine deliveries in 2024 were made by Sewind.[94]

Stakeholder management in the wind energy industry

  • $2.1 billion was funded in the U.S. offshore-wind industry for ports, vessels, supply chain and transmission in 2023.[40]
  • 13 U.S. states had policies collectively supporting 115,130 MW of offshore wind by 2050.[40]
  • 92,000 distributed wind turbines were installed across all 50 U.S. states by 2023.[40]
  • 150,492 MW of land-based wind capacity was installed in the United States by the end of 2023.[40]
  • 1,110 MW of distributed wind capacity had been installed in the United States from 2003 through 2023.[40]

Distribution channels in the wind energy industry

  • $2.1 billion was allocated to U.S. offshore-wind ports, vessels, supply chain and transmission in 2023.[40]
  • 92,000 distributed wind turbines were operating in applications across all 50 U.S. states by 2023.[40]
  • 150,492 MW of U.S. land-based wind capacity was installed by the end of 2023.[40]
  • 30 GW of U.S. offshore-wind deployment was the basis for domestic-content workforce projections through 2030.[40]
  • 1,110 MW of distributed wind capacity was installed in the United States between 2003 and 2023.[40]

Key questions about the wind energy industry

What is the current wind market size in installed capacity terms?
Wind power reached 1,299 GW of global installed capacity in 2025 after 165 GW of additions.
How fast is onshore wind expected to grow through the early 2030s?
The IEA forecasts onshore wind cumulative capacity to increase 1.7-fold to 2,040 GW by 2031, implying ~9.2% CAGR over six years.
Which companies lead the wind energy industry?
GE Vernova leads Gitnux's 2026 wind energy ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with revenue growth 8.9% and operating margin 3.6% in its Wind segment. NextEra Energy is the runner-up at 9.1, with revenue growth 10.7% and operating margin 30.2% in wind projects.
What technology shifts matter most for wind operations and maintenance data?
Monitoring and analytics have scaled: SkySpecs reported 16 GW of condition-monitoring sensor data analyzed continuously in 2024 and 1M+ automated inspections as of 2026.
How concentrated is the turbine installation market in the United States?
GE Vernova and Vestas together held 93% of the 2025 turbine installation market in the United States.
Which operational constraint shows up in grid and generation curtailment figures?
Across seven U.S. ISOs, the average wind-power curtailment rate was 4.6% in 2023; China curtailed 360 TWh in the first half of 2026 due to transmission and storage limits.
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