How Wind Energy Overtook Nuclear in Just Two Decades | Ep261: Henrik Andersen

Podcast: Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change · Michael Liebreich, Bryony Worthington

Opublikowano: 2026-06-10

Today, wind power accounts for just under 10% of all electricity globally, around the same as solar, recently overtaking nuclear power. 20 years ago, the figure was under 1%. In that time, the sector’s leadership has moved around from Europe to the US to Asia, but one specialist European manufacturer has stayed in the leading group throughout: Vestas — a member of the global wind energy aristocracy. This week on Cleaning Up, Michael Liebreich is joined by Henrik Andersen, CEO of Vestas, to discuss the extraordinary growth in the wind energy industry, the challenges it faces with rising inte...