Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	0
1998	0
1999	0
2000	0
2001	0
2002	0
2003	0
2004	3
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	3
2009	3
2010	3
2011	24
2012	24
2013	26
2014	26
2015	26
2016	26
2017	26
2018	27
2019	27
2020	27
2021	27
2022	27
2023	27
2024	27
2025	40

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Santiago
Sal
São Vicente
Boa Vista
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Vestas
Nordtank
Others	0,0
Unidentified	13,0

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
V52/850
Others	0,0
Unidentified	15,4

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

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	Main windfarms in operation Santiago (13,0 MW) Santiago (9,4 MW) Sal (7,7 MW) Sao Vicente (6,0 MW) Boa Vista Island (2,6 MW) Mindelo (0,9 MW) Praia (0,9 MW) Sal (0,6 MW)

	Recent windfarms Boa Vista Island (2,6 MW) Sal (7,7 MW) Sao Vicente (6,0 MW) Santiago (9,4 MW) Santiago (13,0 MW) Sal (0,6 MW) Mindelo (0,9 MW) Praia (0,9 MW)

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

	Update for this sheet 16 March 2026