Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	23
1998	30
1999	50
2000	50
2001	50
2002	70
2003	70
2004	70
2005	71
2006	74
2007	74
2008	74
2009	123
2010	123
2011	132
2012	147
2013	148
2014	198
2015	278
2016	297
2017	378
2018	459
2019	459
2020	394
2021	394
2022	390
2023	408
2024	408
2025	437

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Guanacaste
San José
Cartago
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Gamesa
Vestas
Wobben
Acciona
Enercon
Neg Micon
Kenetech
Others	0,0
Unidentified	0,0

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
E44/900
V90/3000
G87/2000
AW-1500/77
NM44/750
E103/2350
USW33
V47/660
E82/3000
NM48/750
Others	0,0
Unidentified	92,8

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        Americas (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation Orosi (50,0 MW) La Gloria (49,5 MW) Chiripa (49,5 MW) Molinos Viento del Arenal (24,0 MW) El Cacao (22,5 MW) Mogote (21,0 MW) Tilawind (21,0 MW) Western Lake Arenal (20,5 MW) Altamira (CR) (20,0 MW) Campos Azules (20,0 MW) La Perla (20,0 MW) Miramar (CR) (20,0 MW) Tejona (19,8 MW) Valle Central (15,3 MW) Los Santos (12,8 MW)

	Recent windfarms Mogote (21,0 MW) Chiripa (49,5 MW) Valle Central (15,3 MW) Molinos Viento del Arenal (24,0 MW) Rio Naranjo (9,0 MW) El Cacao (22,5 MW) Altamira (CR) (20,0 MW) Campos Azules (20,0 MW) La Perla (20,0 MW) Miramar (CR) (20,0 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 23 January 2026