Wind soars in 2019, faces struggle through Covid-19 as subsidies fall

The last quarter of 2019 saw a surge of installed onshore wind capacity, leaving the year as one of the strongest on record before Covid-19 squashes the sector’s momentum. Rethink Energy continues to track activity levels in all global markets, using figures from governments, transmission system operators and other organizations to monitor the penetration of wind through the transition to a decarbonized electricity mix. This is the start of the Rethink Energy Wind Service, starting with the basic top down reporting data on installed wind power during each quarter for both onshore and offshore wind. This has entailed detailed analysis of the most active markets, which account for over 85% of installed capacity, including emerging markets like Taiwan which have…