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"Global wind capacity additions hit a third-straight record year in 2025 with
169 gigawatts (GW) being brought online, with turbine supplies dominated by
Chinese manufacturers who took 8 of the top 10 spots according to a new report
from BloombergNEF (BNEF).
BloombergNEF’s published its annual
Global Wind Turbine Market Shares 2025
this week ranking the world’s top wind turbine suppliers, and China’s booming
onshore wind sector ensured the country and its wind turbine suppliers
dominated the year.
The 169 GW worth of new capacity brought online in 2025 was 38 per cent up on
2024, which was itself a record year, and mainly consisted of new onshore wind
capacity, accounting for 95 per cent of all new wind additions. Only 8 GW of
offshore wind was installed in 2025.
China led the way and became the first market to add over 100 GW in a single
year – a statistic that underscores the wild inaccuracy of US president Donald
Trump’s recent Davos claim, that “China makes almost all of the windmills… They
make them. They sell them for a fortune. They sell them to the stupid people
that buy them, but they don’t use them themselves.”
But Trump is correct on one count: Chinese turbine manufacturers continue to
dominate the market share ranking, in 2025 occupying the top six spots in the
global rankings and eight out of the top 10.
Goldwind maintained its position atop the pile, supplying 29.3 GW worth of
turbines installed in 2025. Retaining its place in second, Envision supplied
20.9 GW including almost a quarter that were installed outside of mainland
China. The top five were rounded out by Mingyang (18.9 GW), Windey (18.4 GW),
and Sany and Dongfang Electric both with 13.5 GW."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
