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China leads world in wind energy capacity

Original: China has thousands of wind farms. For scale, China had about 561 GW of installed wind capacity in 2024, and more than h

China had about 561 GW of installed wind capacity in 2024, with thousands of wind farms across the country. More than half of the world's offshore wind turbines were located in China by spring 2025, making it the global leader in wind energy. The figures are being cited to push back against claims that China lacks renewable energy leadership.

Why now: People are contrasting China's wind energy scale with claims that it lags in renewables.

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• China has thousands of wind farms. For scale, China had about 561 GW of installed wind capacity in 2024, and more than half of the WORLD’s offshore wind turbines were in China in spring 2025. A world leader in wind energy. The Felon-pedo rapist of the U.S. lies: China has no… · skykiss@sfba.social · 13

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