China will install more wind power in the 2020s than the five next largest markets combined, as the world adds almost 800GW of wind capacity, according to new figures from Wood Mackenzie.

The analyst says that China will add 253.9GW of capacity from 2020-29 — more than the US, India, Germany, the UK and France combined (see figures below).

And in total, 786.4GW of additional wind power will be installed across the globe during the course of this decade.

This will more than double the cumulative wind capacity of 622.7GW that the International Renewable Energy Agency says was installed globally by the end of 2019.

It also means that China will account for almost one third of the world's wind-power market in the 2020s.

WoodMac also revealed on Thursday that Western wind turbine OEMs will struggle to gain market share in China, and that their Chinese competitors will find it hard to win sales outside of their home market.

Japan will see the largest growth compared to the current size of its wind market, quadrupling from 3.8GW installed at the end of 2019, to a cumulative 17.6GW by 2029.

According to WoodMac, the top 20 markets for new wind installations from 2020-29 (onshore and offshore combined) will be as follows:

1) China (253.9GW)

2) US (96.3GW)

3) India (57.2GW)

4) Germany (34.1GW)

5) UK (32.5GW)

6) France (24.5GW)

7) Brazil (19.7GW)

8) Spain (15.7GW)

9) Japan (13.8GW)

10) Netherlands (13.7GW)

11) Sweden (12.7GW)

12) Poland (12.1GW)

13) South Africa (12.0GW)

14) Turkey (12.0GW)

15) Australia (11.7GW)

16) Taiwan (9.6GW)

17) Denmark (8.4GW)

18) Egypt (8.2GW)

19) Ireland (7.9GW)

20) South Korea (7.7GW)

Other markets will contribute a total of 122.7GW.

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China will account for almost a third of the global wind market in the 2020s: WoodMac