Over 50 countries use wind power to generate electricity. Around 72 percent of the world’s wind power is produced in Europe. Roughly 18 percent of the world’s wind power is produced in the USA. The use of wind power is increasing.

 

 

 

 

 

Many countries are now building giant wind farms to make electricity.

Germany and Spain are by far the world leaders in wind power production, but Denmark is the country that most relies on wind power. In 2004, wind power provided 19 percent of Denmark’s electricity. India and China are rapidly developing wind farms.

 

 

 

 

 

Wind power is growing very quickly across the world.

The use of wind power more than doubled between 2000 and 2004. It is one of the fastest growing types of energy, but it only produced less than one percent of the world’s electricity in 2002. The wind power industry plans to produce 12 percent of the world’s electricity by 2020.