The biannual report, written with campaign group Greenpeace, predicts that global installed wind capacity could hit 1,150GW by 2020, up from 238GW last year, if a number of obstacles currently facing the market are overcome.

The 'advanced scenario' – one of three different pathways outlined by the report for growth of the sector – is almost double that of the 2020 forecast by the International Energy Agency (587GW).

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