TABLE 2. Electricity production in 2025 from wind power in the EU-27 and in the EU+UK
with the record year in 2024. Total EU wind generation installed capacity continued to grow in 2025, weather by new wind farms, as they reflect the performance of the dropped from 475 TWh in 2024 to 465 TWh in 2025, while entire installed fleet, including older turbines with smaller determining realised generation. As a result, greater installed rotors and higher specific power. These older installations unchanged at 19%, as electricity demand in the EU only increased modestly. Onshore wind met 16% of demand in 2025, while offshore wind covered 3% of EU electricity In Ireland and the UK, wind generation relative to installed By contrast, new onshore wind farms typically achieve capacity capacity was lower in 2025 than in 2024, reflecting less factors of 30-35%, while new offshore wind farms reach 42-55%, highlighting the continued performance gap between falling from 557 TWh in 2024 to 552 TWh in 2025, while curtailment. This led to declining capacity factors despite across the two markets. The UK's offshore wind fleet generated around 52 TWh in 2025, close to the entire electricity demand Capacity factors for the EU wind fleet were lower in 2025. The of Portugal (around 53 TWh), despite lower offshore capacity average capacity factor fell from 24% in 2024 to 22% in 2025. Onshore capacity factors declined from 23% to 21%, while factors compared with the previous year. offshore capacity factors fell from 35% to 34%.