In 2022, the country with the highest average capacity factor for land-based (onshore) wind power was the United States, at 35.5 percent. In second place came Canada with a capacity factor of 30.1 percent. China had an onshore wind capacity factor of 23.9 percent that year.
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IEA Wind TCP. (October 3, 2023). Average capacity factors for onshore wind power in selected countries worldwide in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477288/onshore-wind-power-capacity-factor-by-country/
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IEA Wind TCP. (2023). Average capacity factors for onshore wind power in selected countries worldwide in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477288/onshore-wind-power-capacity-factor-by-country/
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Average capacity factors for onshore wind power in selected countries worldwide in 2022 [Graph], IEA Wind TCP, October 3, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1477288/onshore-wind-power-capacity-factor-by-country/