Germany Keeps Leading Position in European Offshore Wind Market

Germany has kept its leading position on the European market, being the sole provider of offshore wind turbines in the first half of 2012, since just three German companies managed to connect their turbines to the grid. Reuters reports.

In terms of the installed capacity, Siemens is leading with the 74%, followed by Repower 22% and BARD 4% share.

Due to the fact that Siemens’ machines have lower rated capacity to REpower’s and BARD’s (3.6 MW compared to 6.15 MW and 5 MW), Siemens has a higher share of installed units than installed capacity, 108 (82%) with Repower in second place, 20 units (15%) and BARD in the third place, with 4 units (3%).

These German companies were most active in the UK, connecting 114 turbines to the grid with the capacity of 422 MW. Small number of turbines was connected in Belgium, Germany and Denmark.

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Offshore WIND staff, July 18, 2012; Image: alpha ventus