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by nl 3784 days ago
Well that's wrong.

The UK has (8,516 + 5,098) ~= 13.6GW of wind capacity[1].

They seem to have reported the UK offshore amount ("8,179MW") as the global capacity:

The global offshore wind market experienced a record year by installed capacity in 2015. Consultancy FTI Intelligence has projected installed generation capacity to nearly quadruple to 31,200 megawatts in 2019 from 8,179 megawatts in 2014.

[1] http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/u...