GWEC’s Global Wind Report, Annual Market Update says the expected 2014 installation figure marks a welcome upswing from the 35.4GW added last year.

That recovery will be led by China and the US, and will also see record installations in Canada and Brazil plus “hundreds of megawatts” in South Africa.

But the body said beyond the year’s end, annual market growth will settle back to a more "normal" 6-10% through to 2018.