Wind energy production in the main European markets was mostly lower in January 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. The Spanish market registered the largest decline, 22%, followed by decreases in the Portuguese market, by 10%, and in the French market, by 5.2%. The Italian and German markets were the exceptions, with increases of 24% and 6.2%, respectively.
Compared to the previous month, wind energy production also decreased in most European markets analyzed at AleaSoft Energy Forecasting in January. In this case, the French market registered the largest drop, 19%. The German and Spanish markets had less pronounced declines, 3.3% and 0.7%, respectively. In contrast, the Italian market registered an increase in production using this technology by 15%, while the Portuguese market registered a less pronounced increase of 0.8%.
In January 2024, the German and Italian markets broke wind energy production records when compared to the same month in previous years. The German market registered a generation of 18 473 GWh and the Italian market, 2817 GWh. The French market had the second-highest wind energy generation for January month, 5231 GWh, after the record reached in January 2023.
