North, Central and South America installed 11.9 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity in 2018, according to new data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
This represents an increase of 12 percent compared to 2017, with total installed wind capacity for the Americas now standing at 135 GW.
Breaking the figures down, North America saw new capacity additions increase by 10.8 percent, while in Latin America growth was 18.7 percent. Brazil added 2GW of capacity, while Mexico installed nearly 1 GW.
