150,000 megawatts of wind power capacity in 2009

The wind blew its self to glory in 2009 setting records with a cumulative installed wind power capacity growth of 158,000 megawatts. This 31% jump in wind power production helped spark the needs of around 250 million people. Globally, around 70 countries now harvest wind energy and 17 produce at least 1,000 megawatts. China tops the list with 13,000 megawatts by building more than 10,000 megawatts in just one year. China currently has seven more wind farms being chiseled out which together will produce 130,000 megawatts. USA reached a cumulative of 35,000 megawatts with the state of Texas as a leader.

Germany tops the European Union countries while Spain added the maximum wind power capacity of 26,000 megawatts. Italy, France and UK crossed 4,000 megawatts while India added 1,300 megawatts and Canada added 950 megawatts. Looks like the year 2009 had the wind used to its fullest!
[Energymatters]