Wind energy continues to strengthen Europe’s industrial competitiveness and energy security. In 2025 Europe built 19 GW of new wind energy capacity.
Europe also invested €45bn in additional wind energy projects to be built over the next years. But political considerations to reform the EU electricity market design and to renegotiate the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) threaten to undermine the progress made in 2025.
Europe built 19.1 GW of new wind power capacity in 2025, bringing its total wind energy capacity to 304 GW. That’s according to WindEurope’s Annual Statistics Report published recently.
Europe is now set to build 151 GW of new wind energy over the 2026-2030 period. 112 GW of those will be in the EU. More than a third of this EU build-out will come from the flourishing German onshore wind market.
