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Leaders in global offshore wind energy production

China is home to almost half of the world's accumulated offshore power. This is closely linked to its high capacity for building offshore farms. China built more offshore farms in 2021 than all other countries combined over five years.

China is the world leader in wind energy, with over one-quarter of the world's wind power capacity. The country has the world's largest onshore windfarm in Gansu Province, built out of the Gobi Desert.

Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems AS is the leading wind turbine manufacturer in the world (by capacity). The company reported revenues of $18430.89 million for the fiscal year ended December 2021 (FY2021), an increase of 9.1% over FY2020, due to increased pricing for wind energy.

Data from the EIA shows wind energy generation in thousand-megawatt hours of electricity. Texas is at the top of the list, generating about 66% more than Oklahoma, the second highest generating state.

China has a installed capacity of 221 GW and is the leader in wind energy, with over a third of the world's capacity. It has the world's largest onshore wind farm with a capacity of 7,965 megawatt (MW), which is five times larger than its nearest rival. The US comes second with 96.4 GW of installed capacity.

One of them is the first windmills were probably invented by a Greek, Tesibius, who lived from 285 to 222 BC. Also, the earliest known wind powered grain mills and water pumps were used by the Persians in A.D. 500–800 and by the Chinese in A.D. 1200.

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At a 42% capacity factor (i.e., the average among recently built wind turbines in the United States, per the 2021 edition of the U.S. Department of Energy's Land-Based Wind Market Report), that average turbine would generate over 843,000 kWh per month—enough for more than 940 average U.S. homes.

Satisfying the rocketing electricity demand and reducing air pollution are the main driving forces behind the development of wind energy in China.

GE has consistently been the dominant manufacturer of wind turbines installed in the United States since it purchased Enron's wind business (formally Zond) in 2002. Between 2005 and 2015, GE's average annual share of installed capacity was 44%, or 2.7 GW per year.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) retains the top spot as the largest supplier of wind turbines across the onshore and offshore wind markets. Vestas is currently the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer with an extensive footprint across the world, including North America and other countries.

ERG is a leading wind energy operator in Italy and Europe, focusing on sustainable development and environmental respect.

Orsted is the major offshore wind developer worldwide. As of December 2021, the Danish company had an offshore operational capacity of roughly 7.5 gigawatts. Utilities RWE and Vattenfall followed with an installed offshore capacity of 4.4 and 2.5 gigawatts, respectively.