9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with the publication by the European Commission on financing renewable energy.
While offshore wind power installations grew 51% from 582MW in 2009 to 883MW last year, new onshore wind power installations (8.4GW) were down 13,9% compared to 2009 (9.7GW).