Overview of the Wind Energy Industry (excerpt)
CCBJ sizes the global wind energy industry at $39.3 billion in 2007, with turbine sales accounting for the vast majority of that revenue and electricity sales representing just under a quarter. Growth was 42% in 2007 after 49% growth in 2006 and 69% growth in 2005. Global wind energy revenues in turbines and power have grown five-fold from $11 billion in 2004 to a forecasted $55 billion in 2008. U.S. figures show even more robust growth…
This edition includes detailed global coverage of manufacturers, developers, national, regional and state markets; charts of global wind energy industry growth by turbine sales, wind generated electricity sales, installed wind capacity, turbine marketshare, and wind turbine sales in U.S.; highlights of CCBJ Wind Industry Survey; the race for offshore wind energy; plus coverage and profiles of leading manufacturers and developers including Acciona, E.On, Gamesa, GE, Iberdrola, and many others.
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Read more excerpts from the Wind Energy Industry edition
Power Utilities Increase Investments in Wind Energy
…By developing their own wind assets and purchasing wind energy from third parties, U.S. investor-owned utilities (IOUs) are at the forefront of building out wind energy capacity in the United States… To gain a broad perspective on what U.S. utilities have accomplished in wind energy, where the continuing challenges are and what’s possible in the next decade, CCBJ interviewed top executives at three IOUs in leading positions with wind energy: MidAmerican Energy Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Xcel Energy…
Consulting & Engineering Firms Find Breadth of Work Available in Wind Projects
Consultants Tetra Tech, RMT WindConnect, TRC and ICF have their hands full in wind consulting and engineering. A variety of skills are required to satisfy a demanding client base.
With wind farms sprouting in several states like prairie flowers in July, the firms providing engineering services for these projects are experiencing all the business growth they can handle. The renewables market is here, with wind energy leading the pace...
Offshore Wind: Europe Faces Supply Chain Issues, U.S. Tries To Get Off The Ground
…Developers of offshore wind farms are hoping that the exploding market for onshore wind power development leads to positive experiences that shed a more favourable light on the proposals for offshore wind energy generation….. Europe claimed slightly more than one gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind capacity at the end of 2007, which was all the constructed capacity to be found anywhere in the world…
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