464 TWh
2025 (latest)
WIND ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1983–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
0 TWh
1983
464 TWh
high · 2025
0 TWh
low · 1988
up from near zero
since 1983
┊ dashed lines mark 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN WYETPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. Wind series begins in 1983; earlier observations excluded. Breaks: Wind series begins in 1983; earlier observations excluded.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=WYETPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Wind electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 464 TWh | +3% |
| 2024 | 452 TWh | +7% |
| 2023 | 421 TWh | −3% |
| 2022 | 434 TWh | +15% |
| 2021 | 378 TWh | +12% |
| 2020 | 338 TWh | +14% |
| 2019 | 296 TWh | +9% |
| 2018 | 273 TWh | +7% |
| 2017 | 254 TWh | +12% |
| 2016 | 227 TWh | +19% |
| 2015 | 191 TWh | +5% |
| 2014 | 182 TWh | +8% |
| 2013 | 168 TWh | +19% |
| 2012 | 141 TWh | +17% |
| 2011 | 120 TWh | +27% |
| 2010 | 95 TWh | +28% |
| 2009 | 74 TWh | +33% |
| 2008 | 55 TWh | +61% |
| 2007 | 34 TWh | +30% |
| 2006 | 27 TWh | +49% |
| 2005 | 18 TWh | +26% |
| 2004 | 14 TWh | +26% |
| 2003 | 11 TWh | +8% |
| 2002 | 10 TWh | +54% |
| 2001 | 7 TWh | +20% |
| 2000 | 6 TWh | +25% |
| 1999 | 4 TWh | +48% |
| 1998 | 3 TWh | −8% |
| 1997 | 3 TWh | +2% |
| 1996 | 3 TWh | +2% |
| 1995 | 3 TWh | −8% |
| 1994 | 3 TWh | +15% |
| 1993 | 3 TWh | +4% |
| 1992 | 3 TWh | −2% |
| 1991 | 3 TWh | +6% |
| 1990 | 3 TWh | +32% |
| 1989 | 2 TWh | up from near zero |
| 1988 | 0 TWh | −75% |
| 1987 | 0 TWh | −15% |
| 1986 | 0 TWh | −27% |
| 1985 | 0 TWh | −11% |
| 1984 | 0 TWh | +143% |
| 1983 | 0 TWh | — |
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