Led by Germany, India and Brazil, the 2016 build-out, which came close to matching half-year figures from 2015, drove the worldwide fleet passed the 450GW milestone with wind turbines now generating more than 4.7 % of the total electricity demand.
"Wind power [has] shown robust growth in 2016, and the good news is especially that we can see strong markets now also in Latin America and in Africa," says WWEA secretary general Stefan Gsanger.
"With
