Europe installed 19.1 GW of new wind power capacity in 2025. The EU-27 accounted for 15.1 GW of this total. between 2026 and 2030 are expected to be onshore. Germany built the most new wind power capacity in 2025. Turkiye and Sweden followed. Germany, France, and the UK power system. In 2025, wind supplied 19% of all electricity consumed in the EU-27. The share was much higher in several countries, reaching 50% in Denmark, 33% in Lithuania and Ireland, 31% in the UK, and 30% in Sweden. Europe's Governments awarded 29.4 GW of new wind power capacity across 10 countries in 2025. This included 22.6 GW of onshore wind and 6.8 GW of offshore wind. The total awarded volume was lower than in 2024 (36.6 GW). This its 2025 Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7, which ultimately awarded a record 9.7 GW of new wind capacity in But grid bottlenecks, ongoing permitting challenges in many demand continue to hold back deployment.