HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam and Australia joined the ranks of countries with the most new wind farms while power players China and India bulked up their already-massive capacity in a record year for wind-based electricity, new research shows.
The planet added 21.1 gigawatts of offshore wind power last year, the highest ever and triple the 2020 figure, while adding 72.5 GW onshore -- but these numbers must quadruple in the next decade to fight climate change, said the Global Wind Energy Council. The industry lobby's annual report said Asia accounted for 59% of new installations in 2021, a year when the COP26 summit anchored a bevy of pledges to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
