Europe installed 19.1 GW of new wind power capacity in 2025. The EU‑27 accounted for 15.1 GW of this total, according to a new study by WindEurope consulted by Energynomics.
90% of the wind capacity built in Europe last year was onshore – and 79% of new wind installations in Europe between 2026 and 2030 are expected to be onshore.
Germany built the most new wind power capacity in 2025. Türkiye and Sweden followed. Germany, France, and the UK were the only countries to install new capacity both onshore and offshore.
Wind energy continues to play a key role in Europe’s power system. In 2025, wind supplied 19% of all electricity consumed in the EU‑27. The share was much higher in several countries, reaching 50% in Denmark, 33% in Lithuania and Ireland, 31% in the UK, and 30% in Sweden.
Europe’s Governments awarded 29.4 GW of new wind power capacity across 10 countries in 2025. This included 22.6 GW of onshore wind and 6.8 GW of offshore wind. The total awarded volume was lower than in 2024 (36.6 GW). This was largely due to the UK’s delay in publishing the results of its 2025 Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7, which ultimately awarded a record 9.7 GW of new wind capacity in January-February 2026.
But grid bottlenecks, ongoing permitting challenges in many countries and slower‑than‑expected growth in electricity demand continue to hold back deployment.
Looking ahead, we now expect Europe to install an average of 30 GW of new wind capacity per year between 2026 and 2030. This would take total installed wind capacity to almost 439 GW by 2030, including 366 GW onshore and 73 GW offshore.
In the EU, we expect average installations of 22 GW a year which would take total installed wind capacity to 343 GW by 2030 – 302.5 GW onshore and 40.5 GW offshore. This remains well below the EU’s target of 425 GW.
