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Detailed explanation-1: -But we need to be installing at least 180 GW of new capacity every year through 2025 to ensure we remain on the right path to limit global warming well below 2°C – meaning we are currently on-track to be 86 GW short on average each year.

Detailed explanation-2: -The planned 1-gigawatt (GW) wind farm could have up to 80 wind turbines of around 12 megawatts each.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are of course cost reductions from needing to install fewer turbines – today, it takes less than 100 turbines to generate 1 GW from a wind farm at sea. With a 12 MW turbine it will take only 83 turbines and with a 15 MW turbine only 66, and so on.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2021, of the total 830 GW of wind capacity installed, 93% were onshore systems, with the remaining 7% offshore wind farms. Onshore wind is a developed technology, present in 115 countries around the world, while offshore wind is at the early stage of expansion, with capacity present in just 19 countries.

Detailed explanation-5: -Total global wind power capacity is now up to 837 GW, helping the world avoid over 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 annually – equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of South America.