Annual wind power additions will flatline in 2018 but see “dramatic growth” from next year, buoyed by ever more competitive power prices and the emergence of major new markets, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

At 52.9GW, this year’s global installations will barely move from the 52.5GW added in 2017 as policy factors weigh on key markets such as Germany, India and the UK, says GWEC’s latest Global Wind Report: Annual Market Update.