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[[File:烟台长岛-风力发电.JPG|thumb|Wind farm on Changshan Islands, China]]
[[File:Bangui Wind Mills.JPG|thumb|[[Bangui Windfarm]], Philippines]]

'''[[Wind power]] in Asia''' is an important component in the [[Asia]]n energy industry and one of the key sources of [[renewable energy]] in the region. As of April 2016, the installed capacity of wind power in Asia (excluding the Middle East) totalled 175,831 MW.<ref name="GWEC-2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.gwec.net/wp-content/uploads/vip/GWEC-Global-Wind-2015-Report_April-2016_22_04.pdf |title=Global Wind Report 2014 - Annual Market Update |date=22 April 2016 |accessdate=23 May 2016 |format=PDF |work=report |publisher=GWEC}}</ref> Asia is the fastest growing region in terms of wind energy, having increased its installed capacity by 33,858 MW in 2005 (a 24% increase over 2014). [[Wind power in China|China]], with 145,362 MW of installed capacity, is the world's largest generator of electricity from wind energy. [[Wind power in India|India]] is the second largest in Asia with an installed capacity of 25,088 MW.<ref name="GWEC-2015" /> Other key countries include [[Wind power in Japan|Japan]] (1,394 MW), Taiwan (188 MW), South Korea (173 MW) and the [[Wind power in the Philippines|Philippines]] (33 MW).<ref name="auswind.org">[http://www.auswind.org/auswea/downloads/mediareleases/GlobalMarketboomJan%202007.pdf Global wind energy markets continue to boom – 2006 another record year]</ref>

== Statistics ==
===Installed wind power capacity===
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    ( 25088 : India : #66CCFF : [[Wind power in India|India]] )
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    ( 835 : South Korea : #0000E6 : [[Wind power in South Korea|South Korea]] )
    ( 647 : Taiwan : #00806A : [[Wind power in Taiwan|Taiwan]] )
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!colspan="12" style="background:#cfb;"| Asia wind energy capacity (MW)<ref name="GWEC-2015" />
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!style="background-color:#cfb"|#
!style="background-color:#cfb"|Nation
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2006
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2007
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2008
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2009
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2010
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2011
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2012
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2013
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2014
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2015
!style="background-color:#cfb" data-sort-type="number"|2016
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| 1 || align=left|{{flagicon|China}} [[Wind power in China|China]] || 2,599 || 5,912 || 12,210 || 25,104 || 44,733 || 62,733 || 75,564 || 91,412 || 114,763 || 145,104
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| 2 || align=left|{{flagicon|India}} [[Wind power in India|India]] || 6,270 || 7,850 || 9,587 || 10,925 || 13,064 || 16,084 || 18,421 || 20,150 || 22,465 || 25,088
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| 3 || align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Wind power in Japan|Japan]] || 1,309 || 1,528 || 1,880 || 2,056 || 2,304 || 2,501 || 2,614 || 2,669 || 2,789 || 3,038
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| 4 || align=left|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Wind power in South Korea|South Korea]] || 176 || 192 || 278 || 348 || 379 || 407 || 483 || 561 || 609 || 835
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| 5 || align=left|{{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Wind power in Taiwan|Taiwan]] || 188 || 280 || 358 || 436 || 519 || 564 || 564 || 614 || 633 || 647
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| 6 || align=left|{{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Wind power in Pakistan|Pakistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aedb.org/index.php/ae-technologies/wind-power/wind-current-status |title=Current Status |publisher=Alternate Energy Development Board, Pakistan |access-date=3 April 2016}}</ref> || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 255
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| 7 ||  align="left" |{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Wind power in Thailand|Thailand]] || - || - || - || - || - || 7 || 112 || 223 || 223 || 223
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| 8 ||  align="left" |{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Wind power in the Philippines|Philippines]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 66 || 216 || 216
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| 9 || align=left|{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Wind power in Iran|Iran]] || 47 || 67 || 82 || 91 || 91 || 91 || 91 || 91 || N/A || N/A
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| 10 || align=left|{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Wind power in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || 63 || 63 || N/A || N/A
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| 11 || align=left|{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Electricity sector in Mongolia|Mongolia]] || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50 || N/A || N/A
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| - || align=left|Rest of Asia || - || - || - || - || - || - || 71 || 87 || - || 167
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! colspan=2 style="text-align: left; padding: 6px 0 6px 30px; background-color: #cfb;" | World total capacity (MW)
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 10,589
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 15,829
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 24,395
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 38,960
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 61,090
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 82,387
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 97,983
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 115,986
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 141,902
! style="background-color: #cfb;"| 175,831
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<small>''<sup>@</sup>If data is not available for a particular year for a given country, for calculating the total the last available data is considered.''</small>

==See also==
{{portal box|Renewable energy|Asia}}
* [[Wind farm]]
* [[Wind power in India]]
* [[Wind power in Iran]]
* [[Wind power in Pakistan]]
* [[Wind power in Thailand]]

==References==
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