11/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – Fifteen gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity has been installed in the European Union in 2022, a third more than in 2021, despite the impact of inflation on turbine manufacturers and suppliers, WindEurope, an organisation representing the European wind industry, said on Wednesday 11 January. Of these new installations, 90% are onshore wind turbines, almost all of which are located on greenfield sites. Older wind farms have not been retrofitted very much, WindEurope deplored, even though it is possible on average to “triples the output of a wind farm with one quarter fewer turbines”. The organisation also calls for the simplification of licensing procedures. According to the organisation, the complexity of the procedures is currently blocking 80 GW of wind energy projects across Europe. In terms of the distribution of this new capacity among Member States, Germany, Sweden and Finland are in the lead. See the press release: https://aeur.eu/f/4ug (DG)