Worldwide wind capacity additions slowed slightly in 2017 to 52.57GW as China, the US and Germany again powered ahead, and Europe, India and the offshore sector had record years, annual market statistics by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) show.
Last year's additions were down from 54.64GW in 2016, but brought the world’s cumulative wind power capacity to 539.58GW by the end of December.
