World Wind Day, which is celebrated every year on June 15 to raise awareness of the importance of wind energy for the energy transition and a greener planet, welcomes the world with the information that the cumulative power of wind farms has exceeded 1 TW, making 2023 the best year for wind so far, announced the Association RES Serbia.
Serbia is also increasing its capacity daily, so the total power of wind farms in our country is currently more than 500 MW. So far, 8 wind farms have been built in Serbia with all permits, while two are in trial operation. Also 172 wind generators were erected, the press release says.
Two wind farms are under construction – wind farm Pupin in Kovačica with an installed capacity of 95.5 MW and wind farm Kostolac with a total capacity of 66 MW. The construction of three additional wind farms that were the winners of the auctions for the allocation of market premiums for renewable energy sources is expected: Vetrozelena, Čibuk 2, and Crni vrh, as well as the holding of new auctions for 300 MW of wind energy – RES Serbia says and reminds of the announcement of the Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović, that, by the end of the year, the realization of the investments that have already started is expected to increase the capacity of wind power plants in Serbia by nearly 40 percent.
And the world is breaking records in this area, previous year was the best year for wind so far. New wind farms with a total capacity of 117 GW were built and for the first time the cumulative power of wind farms exceeded 1 TW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.
With 75 GW of wind power in 2023, China has set a new personal record and achieved a share of as much as 65% in global wind installations. Countries that follow China with this trend are the USA, Brazil, Germany and India.
When it comes to Europe, Denmark has the largest share of wind energy in its energy mix with 56%, and Ireland with 36%. During the previous year, 18.3 GW of new wind energy capacities were installed. Of this, the member states of the European Union installed 16.2 GW, which is a record amount installed in one year, as WindEurope reported. The record holder in terms of built capacities is Germany, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. However, the amount installed is not enough – 33 GW of new capacity is needed each year for the EU to meet its climate and energy targets set for 2030, WindEurope calculated.