Worldwide push for wind power whips up huge currents

At the end of 2005, the world’s nations had added some 11,300 megawatts (MW) of installed wind power capacity, reaching 59,000 MW (59 Gigawatts/GW), according to the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) based in Bonn, Germany.

Europe continues to be the heavyweight in the wind power field, with a total of 40.9 GW installed capacity or 69 per cent of the world total, followed by America (US, Canada, Mexico) at just over 10 GW and Asia at 7.02 GW.