How much of US electricity comes from wind?
Wind made 10.5% of US electricity in 2025, the same share as in 2024 and up from 2.3% in 2010 and 0.4% in 2005. Each point is wind's share of all net generation that year; the 2025 figures are preliminary.
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Source and date
- Data as of
- Published
The data
| Year | Share of US electricity generation (%) |
|---|---|
| 1949 | 0 |
| 1950 | 0 |
| 1951 | 0 |
| 1952 | 0 |
| 1953 | 0 |
| 1954 | 0 |
| 1955 | 0 |
| 1956 | 0 |
| 1957 | 0 |
| 1958 | 0 |
| 1959 | 0 |
| 1960 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 |
| 1962 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 |
| 1964 | 0 |
| 1965 | 0 |
| 1966 | 0 |
| 1967 | 0 |
| 1968 | 0 |
| 1969 | 0 |
| 1970 | 0 |
| 1971 | 0 |
| 1972 | 0 |
| 1973 | 0 |
| 1974 | 0 |
| 1975 | 0 |
| 1976 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0.1 |
| 1990 | 0.1 |
| 1991 | 0.1 |
| 1992 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 0.1 |
| 1998 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 0.3 |
| 2003 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | 0.4 |
| 2006 | 0.7 |
| 2007 | 0.8 |
| 2008 | 1.3 |
| 2009 | 1.9 |
| 2010 | 2.3 |
| 2011 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | 3.5 |
| 2013 | 4.1 |
| 2014 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | 6.3 |
| 2018 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | 10.1 |
| 2024 | 10.5 |
| 2025 | 10.5 |