Autumn 2025 Latest wind energy datafor Europe Autumn 2025Published in September 2025 windeurope.org TEXT AND ANALYSIS:Giuseppe CostanzoGuy Brindley DISCLAIMER This report summarises new installationsand financing activity in Europe’s windfarms from 1January to 30June 2025.It also provides an update on the analysisfrom February 2025of how Europeanmarkets will develop in the coming years(2025to 2030). The outlook is basedon WindEurope internal analysis andconsultation with its members. CONTRIBUTIONS:Alexandre FremauxGuy Willems EDITOR:Rory O’Sullivan DESIGN:Lin Van de Velde The data represents gross installations persite and country unless otherwise stated.Rounding of figures is at the discretion ofthe author. PHOTO COVER:VSB Group ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:WindEurope acknowledges the kind cooperation of the following associations and institutions: This publication contains informationcollected on a regular basis throughout theyear and then verified with relevant mem-bers of the industry ahead of publication.Neither WindEurope, nor its members, northeir related entities are, by means of thispublication, rendering professional adviceor services. Neither WindEurope nor itsmembers shall be responsible for any losswhatsoever sustained by any person whorelies on this publication. EDORA and ODE (BE) / RES Croatia (HR) / Green Power Denmark (DK) / Tuuleenergia (EE) /Suomen Tuulivoimayhdistys ry (FI) / France Renouvables (FR) / BWE, VDMA, Deutsche Wind-Guard (DE) / HWEA (EL) / WEI (IE) / Elettricità Futura, ANEV (IT) / LWEA (LV) / LWPA (LT) /Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning (LU) / NWEA (NL) / Fornybar Norge (NO) / PWEA (PL) /APREN (PT) / RWEA (RO) / RES Serbia (RS) / SAPI (SK) / Svensk Vindenergi (SE) / AEE (ES) /TÜREB (TK) / UWEA (UA) / RenewableUK EnergyPulse (UK). MORE INFORMATION:policy@windeurope.org Contents Executive summary7 1.Wind power in H1202511 1.1Overview111.2Onshore installations121.3Offshore connected capacity14 2.1Permitting172.2Auctions and tenders182.3Financed capacity202.4Wind turbine orders21 3.2025-203023 3.1Onshore wind outlook243.2Offshore wind outlook26 Onshore wind auctions in H12025and beyond31Offshore capacity awarded in auctions in H1202533 Executive summary EUROPE NOW HAS291GW OF WIND CAPACITY Here is the latest data for wind energy in Europe and ourlatest forecast for the rest of this decade. Europe installed 6.8GW of new wind power capacity in thefirst half of 2025. 5.3GW of this was in the EU-27. 89% of thenew capacity was onshore. Germany built the most wind energy in H12025(2.2GW),followed by Spain (889MW) and the UK (760MW). Europe now has 291GW of wind power capacity. 254GW ofthis is onshore and 37GW offshore. The EU now has 236GWof wind power capacity: 215GW onshore and 21GWoffshore. Europe took €34bn worth of Final Investment Decisions(FIDs) in new wind farms in H12025. This is more than thetotal investments in 2024. €22bn of this was for offshorewind - six large projects with a total capacity of 5.6GW. Europe ordered 11.3GW of new wind turbines in H12025.This was 19% up on H12024. This figure breaks down:8.8GW onshore turbines and 2.5GW offshore. Europe’s Governments awarded 11.7GW of new wind powercapacity in auctions in H12025: 10.7GW onshore and 1GWoffshore. Governments plan to auction a further 26.2GW ofwind energy capacity in the second half of 2025. This doesnot include the UK’s Allocation Round7 and the fifth roundof Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). Onshore wind permitting volumes are improving. Of thesix countries for which data is available, the volume of newpermits awarded in H12025rose by 39% compared withH12024. New installations in H12025were less than expected. Wenow expect new installations in 2025 to be 19GW for thewhole of Europe, and 14.5 GW for the EU, below our originalestimates. A slower pace of electrification, grid bottlenecks, ongoingpermitting issues and poorly designed auctions in severalcountries all mean that wind energy is expanding less quicklythan Governments want. Restrictions in grid capacity, port capacity and vessel availa-bility are also hindering the expansion of offshore wind. We expect the EU to build 22GW of new wind farms a yearon average over the period 2025-2030. But Governments must prioritise the electrification of industry,the expansion and modernisation of electricity grids, invest-ments in port infrastructure and the full implementation of theEU’s new permitting rules. We now expect the EU to have 344GW of wind capacityinstalled by 2030: 298GW onshore; 46GW offshore. The EUtarget is 425GW1. The project pipeline is healthy and we expect a strong build-out to continue beyond 2030. 2025-2030 H12025figures Market developments •We now expect Europe to install 178GW of new windpower capacity over 2025-2030. The EU-27should install133GW of this – 22GW a year on average.•This will give the EU 344GW of wind energy capacity by2030: 298GW onshore and 46GW offshore.•The slow pac