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EDC Serial Number
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EDC0000046 |
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Title
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Global Wind Energy Capacity |
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Data Location
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https://data.ukedc.rl.ac.uk/browse/edc/renewables/wind/Global
EDC Stored Dataset
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Description
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Annual total installed capacity of wind energy (MW) from 1990 to end of 2009 compiled from 5 separate (but not necessarily independent) sources. |
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DOI
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(none given) |
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Sector
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Commercial |
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Coverage
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World
Start: 01/01/1990
End: 31/12/2009
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Usage Rights for this Data
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Open Access
This data may be freely used for any purpose
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Data Type
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Time Series |
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Parameter Names
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Year; Cumulative world installed capacity (all sources); Cumulative world installed capacity (Source: EWEA - European wind energy capacity breaks the 20000 MW barrier, European Wind Energy Association briefing, November 2002); Cumulative world installed capacity (Source: GWEC - Wind Force 12, Global Wind Energy Council, 2005 and Record year for wind energy, press release, Global Wind Energy Council, Brussels, 17 February 2006); Cumulative world installed capacity (Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006, citing source BTM Consult Aps, BP, June 2006, BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2007); Cumulative world installed capacity (Source: Windpower Monthly, April 2008) |
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Units
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20 x Year, MW |
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Number of Records
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20 |
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IEA Category
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Wind Energy
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Creator of the Data
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UK Energy Research Centre Energy Data Centre (UKERC-EDC) |
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Data made available by
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UK Energy Research Centre Energy Data Centre (UKERC-EDC) |
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Format
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text/csv |
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Language
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English |
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Project
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Wind energy |
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Related Datasets
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See all related datasets
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Other Information
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Sourced from : European Wind Energy Association 2002; Global Wind Energy Council 2005; BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006/2007; Windpower Monthly, April 2008; GWEC - Global Wind 2009; Global Wind Energy Council, March 2010
Version containing records up to 2009 GlobalWindCapacity.csv
Previous version (up to 2007) GlobalWindCapacity_v2008.csv |
UKERC Energy Data Centre 
