Vestas leaves competitors trailing as wind industry posts another record year

        March 23, 2022 Bloomberg | Global | renewables: wind

Global wind turbine installations grew to almost 100 GW in 2021, breaking the previous year's record of 98.5 GW. Most were onshore (83%), although offshore grew to 16.8 GW, more than double 2020. Danish Vestas was #1 at 15.2 GW (15%) followed by Chinese Goldwind 12 GW and Spanish Siemens Gamesa 8.6 GW. The top 5 comprised over half.