Europe Dominates World Wind Power Share, But Trails in Capacity

Wind energy was one of the largest contributors to an increase in renewable electricity generation in 2013, but different regions of the globe are adopting wind power at different paces. Most of the leading countries with the highest percentages of wind energy in 2013 were located in Europe, according to a recent report from the Earth Policy Institute, an environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. Denmark tops the list, generating one-third (33.8%) of its electricity from wind power. Tha...