Wind

Wind

Wind power is the backbone of future electricity systems, expanding ten-fold by 2060 and integrating tightly with hydrogen and storage.

• Installed capacity: 1 TW (2024) → 3.3 TW (2040) → 9.9 TW (2060).
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 p. 56
  
  
• Provides 32% of global electricity by 2060, second only to solar.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 p. 56
  
  
• Europe, OECD Pacific, North America, Greater China and the Indian Subcontinent each obtain ≈40% of power from wind by 2060.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 p. 56
  
  
• Offshore capacity exceeds 240 GW in China by 2040 and triples in Europe under new CfDs.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 p. 57
  
  
• Total wind capacity expands from ~1 TW (2024) to 3.3 TW (2040) and 9.9 TW (2060); wind’s share of global electricity reaches 32% (2060).
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 (§3.5)
  
  
• By 2060, five of ten ETO regions source ~40% of power from wind; all others exceed 25% except North-East Eurasia, which remains gas heavy.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 (§3.5)
  
  
• Greater China offshore wind exceeds 240 GW by 2040; Europe’s offshore pipeline accelerates under CfDs and proposals to auction ≥100 GW in the 2030s.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 (§3.5)
  
  
• The Indian Subcontinent adds ~200 GW of wind to 2040, primarily onshore, as demand rises and coal reliance falls.
  Source: DNV ETO 2025 (§3.5)
  
  
• Dedicated wind for electrolysis reaches ~200 GW onshore and ~20 GW offshore by 2060.