Alternative Energy: EU wind power capacity reaches 100GW

Europe’s installed wind power capacity has reached the landmark 100 gigawatt level even as doubts about the industry’s future growth potential persist.

The European Wind Energy Association said Thursday the European Union passed the milestone this month.
It said 100 gigawatts is enough generating capacity to meet the total consumption of 57 million households and is the equivalent to the power production of 39 nuclear power plants.

The group noted that speed with which the European Union has reached the level compared with the slow going of the industry in earlier years, pointing out that while it took the European wind energy sector 20 years to install its first 10 gigawatts, it only needed 13 years to add an additional 90 gigawatts.

That means half of the total European wind power capacity has been installed over the past six years.

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