EU WIND IN 2010

EWEA predicts a strong European market for wind turbines in 2010

"The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)…forecast for wind power installations in 2010… expects 10 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity to be installed in the EU…taking total installed capacity by the end of 2010 to almost 85 GW - an increase of 13%.

"Last year – a record year for wind power installation – saw 10.163 GW of new wind power capacity installed, constituting 39% of all new power capacity installed in the EU that year. Total installed wind power capacity by the end of 2009 was 74.767 GW…"

Every tiny black mark is a wind project. Although the map here is difficult to read, click thru to the interactive pdf to see a remarkable document

"2010 will see more installations in offshore wind power, with up to 1 GW of new capacity expected to be installed during the year compared to 577 MW installed in 2009.

"EWEA expects France and Italy to again install around 1 GW each in 2010. The expected decline in installations in Spain will be more than compensated for by a doubling of installations in the new member states – led by Romania and Bulgaria - and significant growth in the UK, particularly offshore. Germany is expected to be the largest market this year, closely followed by the UK…"