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ENDNOTES 02 MARKET AND INDUSTRY TRENDS - WIND POWER<br />
Energy Board, op. cit. note 18. This is up from 156.3 GWh in<br />
2014, from China Electricity Council, available in Chinese<br />
at http://www.cec.org.cn/guihuayutongji/gongxufenxi/<br />
dianliyunxingjiankuang/2015-02-02/133565.html, provided by<br />
Liming Qiao, GWEC, personal communication with REN21, 16<br />
April 2015; 2.8% of output in 2014 from China Renewable Energy<br />
Engineering Institute (CREEI), Wind Power Statistical Evaluation<br />
Report of China (in Chinese), 14 April 2015, provided by Shi, op. cit.<br />
note 15. China’s wind-generated electricity in 2012 was just over<br />
100 TWh, from GWEC, op. cit. note 1, p. 9.<br />
23 Based on 22,465.03 MW at the end of 2014, from Indian Ministry<br />
of New and Renewable Resources (MNRE), “Physical progress<br />
(achievements) up to the month of December 2015,” www.mnre.<br />
gov.in/mission-and-vision-2/achievements, viewed 21 January<br />
2015, and on 25,088.19 MW at end-2015, from MNRE, idem,<br />
viewed 1 February 2016. Additions of 2,623 MW for a year-end<br />
total of 25,088 MW, from GWEC, op. cit. note 1, p. 11, and 2015<br />
added capacity was 2,621 MW for a total of 25,088 MW, from FTI<br />
Consulting, op. cit. note 1, Demand-Side Analysis, pp. 7, 25. Note<br />
that 2,294 MW was added for a total of 24,759 MW, from WWEA,<br />
op. cit. note 1.<br />
24 “India adding 2800 MW of wind capacity in 2015,” GWEC<br />
Newsletter, January 2016, http://www.gwec.net/india-adding-<br />
2800-mw-of-wind-capacity-in-2015/; Steve Sawyer, GWEC,<br />
personal communication with REN21, 10 February 2016.<br />
25 Japan added 245 MW for a total of 3,038 MW, the Republic of<br />
Korea added 225 MW for a total of 835 MW, and all of Asia added<br />
33,859 MW for a total of 175,831 MW, all from GWEC, op. cit.<br />
note 1, p. 11. Japan added 244.6 MW for a total of 3,038.2 MW,<br />
and the Republic of Korea added 225 MW for a total of 834 MW,<br />
both from WWEA, op. cit. note 1. All of Asia added 33,606 MW in<br />
2015 for a total of 175,573 MW, from EurObserv’ER, op. cit. note<br />
1. Asia added a net of 33,882 MW (including additions also in<br />
Taipei (China), Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Vietnam, from<br />
IRENA, Renewable Capacity Statistics 2016 (Abu Dhabi: April<br />
2016), http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/<br />
IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2016.pdf. Note that Vietnam<br />
is not included here, but by some reports the country added<br />
capacity in 2015. See endnotes for offshore wind developments.<br />
Capacity also was added in the Philippines, Taipei (China)<br />
and Thailand, per FTI Consulting, op. cit. note 1, Demand-Side<br />
Analysis, p. 3.<br />
26 Projects from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), “China<br />
approves 34 GW of new wind projects,” Week in Review, 19 May<br />
2015, http://about.bnef.com/landing-pages/china-approves-<br />
34gw-new-wind-projects/. No new capacity came online in<br />
2015, per GWEC, op. cit. 1, p. 11, and IRENA, op. cit. note 1. Note,<br />
however, that an estimated 80 MW was installed in Pakistan<br />
during 2015, per FTI Consulting, op. cit. note 1, Demand-Side<br />
Analysis, p. 3.<br />
27 The United States added 8,598 MW for a total of 73,992 MW, from<br />
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), “US Wind Industry<br />
2015 Annual Market Update: US Wind Power Capacity and<br />
Generation Growth in 2015” (Washington, DC: April 2016), http://<br />
awea.files.cms-plus.com/Annual%20Report%20Capacity%20<br />
and%20Generation%202015.pdf. Rankings based on data in<br />
this section. The United States added a net of 8,346.4 MW in<br />
2015 for a total of 72,577.9 MW, from US Energy Information<br />
Administration (EIA), Electric Power Monthly with Data for<br />
December 2015 (Washington, DC: US Department of Energy<br />
(DOE), February 2016), Table 6.1., p. 129, http://www.eia.gov/<br />
electricity/monthly/pdf/epm.pdf; wind power generated 190.927<br />
TWh of electricity in 2015, from EIA, idem, Table 1.1.A., p. 15, http://<br />
www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/pdf/epm.pdf. Note that EIA data<br />
do not include facilities smaller than 1 MW and do not include<br />
off-grid capacity.<br />
28 Based on figure of 41% from AWEA, op. cit. note 27.<br />
29 Fourth quarter from AWEA, “American wind power posts<br />
second strongest quarter ever, readies to help states meet Clean<br />
Power Plan affordably,” press release (Washington, DC: 27<br />
January 2016), http://www.awea.org/MediaCenter/pressrelease.<br />
aspx?ItemNumber=8325; increase of 77% from AWEA, “US<br />
Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2015 Market Report” (Washington,<br />
DC: 27 January 2015), p. 1, http://awea.files.cms-plus.com/<br />
FileDownloads/pdfs/4Q2015%20AWEA%20Market%20<br />
Report%20Public%20Version.pdf; drivers from BNEF and<br />
Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), 2016 Sustainable<br />
Energy in America Factbook (London and Washington, DC: 2016),<br />
p. 60, http://www.bcse.org/wp-content/uploads/BCSE-2016-<br />
Sustainable-Energy-in-America-Factbook.pdf.<br />
30 AWEA, “US wind industry leaders praise multi-year extension<br />
of tax credits,” press release (Washington, DC: 18 December<br />
2015), http://www.awea.org/MediaCenter/pressrelease.<br />
aspx?ItemNumber=8254.<br />
31 Texas added 1,307 MW, followed by Oklahoma (853 MW), Kansas<br />
(599 MW) and Iowa (502 MW), from AWEA, “US Wind Industry<br />
Fourth Quarter 2015 Market Report,” op. cit. note 29.<br />
32 AWEA, “American wind power posts second strongest<br />
quarter ever…,” op. cit. note 29. Going beyond state mandates<br />
(Renewable Portfolio Standards) includes utilities in, for example,<br />
Colorado and Alabama, from David Labrador, “US wind power<br />
demand: corporations take the lead,” RMI Outlet, 22 February<br />
2016, http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2016_02_22_us_wind_power_<br />
demand_corporations_take_the_lead. At the same time, a<br />
growing number of utilities have met state RPS mandates and<br />
are slowing their new contracts, from Brian Eckhouse, “Google’s<br />
clean-power deal shows wind farms finding new customers,”<br />
Bloomberg, 5 December 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/<br />
articles/2015-12-04/google-clean-power-deal-shows-windfarms-finding-new-customers.<br />
33 Labrador, op. cit. note 32. Corporate procurement in the United<br />
States continues to accelerate, from AWEA, “American wind<br />
power posts second strongest quarter ever…,” op. cit. note 29.<br />
An estimated 52% of the megawatts contracted through PPAs<br />
in 2015 (2,074 MW wind power) were signed by non-utility<br />
purchasers (including corporations, universities, cities) to reduce<br />
emissions and secure low-cost, fixed price electricity, from AWEA,<br />
“US Wind Industry 2015 Annual Market Update: Non-utility<br />
buyers increase wind demand in 2015” (Washington, DC: April<br />
2015), http://awea.files.cms-plus.com/Annual%20Report%20<br />
Non-Utility%20Purchasers%202015.pdf. Cost-competitiveness<br />
from Eckhouse, op. cit. note 32.<br />
34 AWEA, “American wind power posts second strongest quarter<br />
ever…,” op. cit. note 29.<br />
35 Canada added 1,506 MW for a total of 11,205 MW, from<br />
Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), “Wind<br />
energy continues rapid growth in Canada in 2015,” press<br />
release (Ottawa: 12 January 2016), http://canwea.ca/<br />
wind-energy-continues-rapid-growth-in-canada-in-2015/.<br />
36 Ibid. Growth slowed based on GSR 2015 and FTI Consulting, op.<br />
cit. note 1, Demand-Side Analysis, p. iv.<br />
37 Ontario added 871 MW (for a total of 4,361 MW), followed by<br />
Québec (added 397 MW) and Nova Scotia (added 186 MW), from<br />
CanWEA, op. cit. note 35.<br />
38 CanWEA, op. cit. note 35. As of early 2016, Prince Edward Island<br />
got an estimated 40% of its electricity supply from wind energy,<br />
and Nova Scotia about 10%, from idem.<br />
39 EWEA, op. cit. note 8, pp. 4, 6; GWEC, op. cit. note 1. The<br />
EU added 12,518.8 MW for a total of 141,718.2 MW, from<br />
EurObserv’ER, op. cit. note 1.<br />
40 EWEA, op. cit. note 8, pp. 4, 5.<br />
41 Ibid., pp. 4, 6. The EU added an estimated 6,581 MW of new<br />
fossil capacity in 2015 (including 4,714 MW of coal and 1,867<br />
MW of natural gas; plus 100 MW of nuclear), but the region<br />
decommissioned about 15,587 MW of fossil capacity (including<br />
8,051 MW of coal, 4,254 MW of natural gas and 3,282 MW of fuel<br />
oil, plus 1,825 MW of nuclear), from EWEA, op. cit. note 8, p. 6.<br />
42 EWEA, op. cit. note 8, p. 8.<br />
43 GWEC, op. cit. note 1, pp. 13, 15.<br />
44 Preliminary statistics from Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und<br />
Energie (BMWi), Erneuerbare Energien in Deutschland, Daten<br />
zur Entwicklung im Jahr 2015 (Berlin: February 2016), http://<br />
www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/<br />
erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen-2015.pdf, and from BMWi,<br />
“Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Germany<br />
2015,” statistical data from the Working Group on Renewable<br />
Energy-Statistics (AGEE-Stat), as at February 2016, http://<br />
www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/<br />
development-of-renewable-energy-sources-in-germany-2015.<br />
pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=8. Considering decommissioned<br />
onshore capacity of 195 MW, Germany’s capacity increased by<br />
a net of 5.8 GW for a year-end total of 44.9 GW, from Deutsche<br />
WindGuard, Status of Land-Based Wind Energy Development in<br />
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