Global Development
- Global installations in 2014 hit a record 51.2 GW, representing 42% growth over 2013 installations
- Offshore wind cumulative installations by end of 2014 is 7,697 MW. A significant
- A significant bumper in 2015, as a substantial part of the 2014 planned openings actually happened in 2015
- Wind power capacity installations in 2016 are expected to keep up the momentum and grow by more than 20%
- Wind power delivered at least 3.4% of the world's electricity in 2014, a figure expected to grow to 6.7 % by 2019
- Germany is phasing out Nuclear and is now 100% focused on Offshore Wind Energy
- US PTC Scheme received a 5-year continuous extension until 2020
- First Offshore Wind Farm in US went into operation in 2016 (Deepwater Wind, Block Island, RI)
- DONG Energy entered the US Offshore Wind Energy Market in 2015
- COP21 resulted in a Global Climate Agreement
