Wind in Power Statistic 2011

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1The european Wind energy associaTion

Wind in power2011 European statistics

February 2012


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Wind in poWer: 2011 european sTaTisTics

The european Wind energy associaTion

ContentsExecutive summary .............................................................................. 3

Wind map 2011 ................................................................................... 4

2011 annual installations...................................................................... 5

Wind power capacity installations ................................................. 5

Power capacity installations ......................................................... 6

Renewable power capacity installations ........................................ 7

Trends & cumulative installations........................................................... 7

Renewable power installations ..................................................... 7

Net changes in EU installed capacity 2000-2011 .......................... 8

Total installed power capacity ....................................................... 8

A closer look at wind power installations ................................................ 9

Annual wind power installations ................................................... 9

National breakdown of wind power installations ............................. 9

Onshore and offshore annual markets .......................................... 10Cumulative wind power installations ............................................. 10

Estimated wind energy production ................................................ 11

ContributorsJustin Wilkes (Policy Director, EWEA)

Jacopo Moccia (Head o Policy Analysis, EWEA)

Mihaela Dragan (Research ofcer, EWEA)

Data sourcesBentek Energy PowerVision (ormerly Platts), January 2012

EWEA, wind energy and ocean energy data

EPIA, solar PV data

ESTELA, CSP data

EU-OEA, Ocean energy data

EGEC and Eurostat, Geothermal data

Special thanks to:IGWindkrat (AT) EDORA and VWEA (BE) APEE and BGWEA (BG) CSVE (CZ) BWE and VDMA (DE) - DWIA and DKWind (DK)

Tuulenergia (EE) IWEA (EI) - HWEA (EL) AEE (ES) - Suomen Tuulivoimayhdistys ry and Technology Industries o Finland (FI)

SERTFEE (FR) Jardeingi (FO) - Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar (HR) MSZET and MSZIT (HU) ANEV (IT) LWPA (LT) Ministre

de lconomie et du commerce extrieur (LU) - LVEA (LV) NWEA (NL) NorWEA (NO) PWEA (PL) APREN (PT) AREE (RO)

ZVES (SK) Svensk Vindenergi (SE) - APE (SI) Suisse Eole (CH) TREB (TK) UWEA (UA) RenewableUK (UK)

Photo cover: Enel Green Power


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2011 annual installations

9,616MWofwindpowercapacity(worthsome12.6billion)wasinstalledintheEUduring

2011,asimilarguretothepreviousyear(9,648in2010);

Windpoweraccountedfor21.4%oftotal2011powercapacityinstallations;

Renewablepowerinstallationsaccountedfor71.3%ofnewinstallationsduring2011:

32,043MWofatotalof44,939MWofnewpowercapacity;

Morerenewablepowercapacitywasinstalledduring2011thananyotheryear,anincrease

of37.7%comparedto2010;

Morepowercapacitywasinstalledin2011thaneverbefore-anincreaseof3.9%,due

entirely to increasing renewable power installations.

Trends & cumulative installations

TheEUstotalinstalledpowercapacityincreasedby35,468MWnetto895,878MW,with

windpowerincreasingitsshareofinstalledcapacityto10.5%(93,957MW),andrenewable

capacityincreasingitsshareto31.1%;

Since2000,28.2%ofnewcapacityinstalledhasbeenwindpower,47.8%renewables,

and90.8%renewablesandgascombined;

Foronlythethirdtimesince1998theEUpowersectorinstalledmorecoalthanitdecommis-

sioned,highlightingtheurgentneedfortheEUtomovetoa30%greenhousegasreduction

targetfor2020,tointroduceanEmissionsPerformanceStandard,andtoenddecadesofsubsidiesfornewcoalbuildanditsfuel;

TheEUpowersectorcontinuesitsmoveawayfromfueloilandnuclear,witheachtechnology

continuingtodecommissionmorethanitinstalls;

Wind power installations

Annualinstallationsofwindpowerhaveincreasedsteadilyoverthelast17yearsfrom814

MWin1995to9,616MWin2011,anannualaveragemarketgrowthof15.6%;

Atotalof93,957MWisnowinstalledintheEuropeanUnion,anincreaseininstalledcumu-

lativecapacityof11%comparedtothepreviousyear;

GermanyremainstheEUcountrywiththelargestinstalledcapacity,followedbySpain,

France,ItalyandtheUK;GrowthinonshoreinstallationsinGermanyandSweden,andoffshoreintheUK-together

with continuing strong performance from some emerging onshore markets in Eastern Europe

havemorethanoffsetthefallininstallationsinmaturemarketssuchasFranceandSpain;

Thewindcapacityinstalledbytheendof2011would,inanormalyear,produce204TWhof

electricity,representing6.3%ofelectricityconsumptionupfrom5.3%theyearbefore.

Executive summary


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PORTUGAL4,083

SPAIN21,674

FRANCE6,800*

UNITEDKINGDOM

6,540

IRELAND

1,631

BELGIUM1,078

NETHERLANDS2,328

LUXEMBOURG44

GERMANY29,060

POLAND1,616

DENMARK3,871*

SWEDEN2,907

FINLAND197

ESTONIA184

LATVIA 31

LITHUANIA 179

ITALY6,747*

AUSTRIA1,084

CZECHREPUBLIC

217 SLOVAKIA 3

HUNGARY329

SLOVENIA0

ROMANIA982

BULGARIA

612*

GREECE1,629

MALTA0

RUSSIAn/a***

NORWAY520

UKRAINE151

SWITZERLAND46

CROATIA131

TURKEY1,799

CYPRUS134

FAROE ISLANDS4

* Provisional**FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia

*** Figure not communicatedNote:Duetopreviousyearadjustments,216.03MWofprojectde-commissioning,re-powering

androundingofgures,thetotal2011end-of-yearcumulativecapacityisnotexactlyequivalent

to the sum of the 2010 end- of-year total plus the 2011 additions.

installed 2010 e 2010 installed 2011 e 2011

ct ct (MW)

Croatia 61 89 42 131

FYROM** 0 0 0 0

Serbia 0 0 0 0

Turkey 528 1,329 470 1,799

Ttl 589 1,418 512 1,930

eFTa (MW)

Iceland 0 0 0 0

Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0

Norway 18 436 84 520

Switzerland 25 42 3 46

Ttl 43 478 87 565

Of whichoffshore andnear shore

0 2 0 2

ot (MW)

FaroeIslands 0 4 0 4

Ukraine 1 87 66 151

Russia 0 9 n/a*** n/a***

Ttl 1 101 66 164

Ttl e 10,280 86,647 10,281 96,607

installed

2010

e2010

installed2011

e2011

EU Capacity (MW)Austria 19 1,014 73 1,084

Belgium 325 886 192 1,078

Bulgaria 322 500 112* 612*Cyprus 82 82 52 134

CzechRepublic 23 215 2 217

Denmark 315 3,749 178 3,871

Estonia 7 149 35 184

Finland 52 197 0 197

France 1,396 5,970 830* 6,800*

Germany 1,493 27,191 2,086 29,060

Greece 238 1,323 311 1,629

Hungary 94 295 34 329

Ireland 82 1,392 239 1,631

Italy 948 5,797 950* 6,747*

Latvia 2 30 1 31

Lithuania 72 163 16 179

Luxembourg 1 44 0 44

Malta 0 0 0 0

Netherlands 56 2,269 68 2,328

Poland 456 1,180 436 1,616

Portugal 171 3,706 377 4,083

Romania 448 462 520 982

Slovakia 0 3 0 3

Slovenia 0 0 0 0

Spain 1,463 20,623 1,050 21,674

Sweden 604 2,163 763 2,907

UnitedKingdom 1,005 5,204 1,293 6,540

Ttl eu-27 9,648 84,650 9,616 93,957

Ttl eu-15 8,144 81,571 8,409 89,670

Ttl eu-12 1,504 3,079 1,208 4,287

Of whichoffshore andnear shore

883 2,944 866 3,810

W w tll e b f2011 (mltv)

European Union: 93,957 MW

Candidate Countries: 1,930 MW

EFTA: 565 MW

Total Europe: 96,607 MW

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2011 annual installations

Wind power capacity installations

During 2011, 10,281(1) MW of wind power was

installedacrossEurope,ofwhich9,616MWwasin

theEuropeanUnion,similartothepreviousyear.

Ofthe9,616MWinstalledintheEU,8,750MWwas

onshoreand866MWoffshore.In2011,theannual

onshore market remained stable compared to the

previousyear,whilst the offshoremarket decreased

slightly(-1.9%).

InvestmentinEUwindfarmsin2011was12.6billion,

a similar gure to 2010. The onshore wind power

sectorattracted10.2billion,whiletheoffshorewind

powersectoraccountedforaround2.4bn(19%).

Intermsofannualinstallations,Germanywasbyfar

thelargestmarketin 2011, installingalmost2,100

MWofnewcapacity.TheUKcameinsecondwithjust

under1,300MW,752MWofwhich(58%)offshore,

followed by Spain with 1,050 MW. Italy (950 MW),

France(830MW)andSweden(763MW)arefollowed

byRomania(520MW).

Amongtheemergingmarkets,afterRomania,Poland

installed the second most capacity in 2011 (436

MW).Bothremainamongthe10biggestEUmarkets

for the second year running.

Offshoreaccountedfor8.9%oftotalEUwindpower

installations in 2011.

EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW CAPACITY

INSTALLED DURING 2011 IN MW. TOTAL 9,616 MW FIGURE1.1

Photo:RES

(1) Figures or Russia were not available at time o publishing

France

830

9%

Sweden

763

8%

Romania

520

5%

Poland436

5%

Portugal

377

4%

Greece

311

3%

Germany

2,086

22%

UK

1,293

13%

Spain

1,050

11%Italy

950

10%

Others

1,001

10%


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Power capacity installations

Windpoweraccountedfor21.4%ofnewinstallations

in2011,thethirdbiggestshareaftersolarPV(46.7%)

andgas(21.6%).

Solar PV installed 21,000 MW (46.7% of total

capacity), followed by gas with 9,718 MW (21.6%),

andwindwith9,616MW(21.4%).

Noothertechnologiescomparetowind,PVandgas

intermsofnewinstallations.Coalinstalled2.2GW

(4.8%of totalinstallations),fueloil 700MW(1.6%),

largehydro607MW(1.3%)andCSP472MW(1.1%).

Nuclear (331 MW), biomass (234 MW), waste (69MW), geothermal (32 MW) and ocean technologies

(4.5 MW), each represented less than 1% of new

capacity installations.

Overall,2011wasarecordyearintheEU,with45GW

ofnewelectricitygeneratingcapacityinstalled,a3.9%

increase compared to 2010.

NEW INSTALLED CAPACITY AND DECOMMISSIONED CAPACITY IN MW. TOTAL 35,468 MW FIGURE1.3

2011 SHARE OF NEW POWER INSTALLATIONS IN EU FIGURE1.2

PV

21,000

47%

Gas

9,718.3

22%

Wind

9,616

21%

Coal

2,147

5%

Fuel oil

700

2%

Large hydro

606

1%

CSP

472

1%

Nuclear

331

1%

Biomass

234.1

0%

Waste

69

0%

Geothermal

32

0%

Small hydro

9

0%

Ocean

5

0%

-5,000

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

PV Gas Wind Coal Fuel

oil

Large

hydro

CSP Nuclear Biomass Waste Geo-

thermal

Small

hydro

Ocean

New capacity Decommissioned

21,000

9,718 9,616

2,147

700 606 472 331 234 690 32 9 5

-60

-6,253

-22-1,147-840

-216-934

During2011,6.3GWofnuclearcapacitywasdecom -

missioned, and over 1 GW of fuel oil capacity was

takenofine.Gasdecommissioned934MW,coal840

MWandwind216MW.

For the second year running, coal installed more

capacity (2,147 MW) than it decommissioned (840

MW).Thishikeinnewcoalpowercapacityhighlights

theurgentneedfortheEUtomovetoa30%green -

housegasreductiontargetfor2020,tointroducean

EmissionsPerformanceStandard,andtoenddecadesof subsidies for new coal build and its fuel.


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EU INSTALLED POWER GENERATING CAPACITY PER YEAR IN MW AND RES SHARE (%) FIGURE2.1

In 2000, newrenewable power installations totalled

3.5GW. Renewablecapacityinstallations havebeen

growing almost tenfold over the past 11 years, to

reach32GWin2011.

The share of renewables in total capacity additions

has also grown. In 2000, the 3.5 GW represented

20.7%ofnewpowerinstallations,increasingto23.3

Renewable power installations

Trends & cumulative installations

GW(53.8%)in2010,and32GW(71.3%)in2011.

302.6GWofnewpowercapacityhasbeeninstalled

since 2000. Of this, 28.2% has been wind power,

47.8% renewables, and 90.8% renewables and gas

combined.

Morerenewablegeneratingcapacitywasinstalledin

theEUin2011thaneverbefore-32GW,representing

71.3%ofallnewinstallations.Since2008renewable

capacity installations have represented more than half

of all new installed capacity.

Renewable power capacity installations

2011 SHARE OF NEW RENEWABLE CAPACITY INSTALLATIONS

(TOTAL 32,043 MW) FIGURE1.4

PV

21,000

Wind

9,616

Large

hydro

606

CSP

472

Biomass

234

Waste

69

Geothermal

32

Small hydro

8.6

Ocean

4.5

0%

0%

0%

66%

30%2%

1%

1%

0%

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Peat Fuel oil Nuclear Coal GasOcean CSP Small hydro Waste BiomassGeothermal Large hydro PV Wind

RES

13.1%

15.4%

12.3%

21.5%

27.2%

20.7%

38.2% 44.4%

34.4%

32.8% 33.5%

31.5%

46.2%

56.8%

63.7%

53.8%

71.3%


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Total installed power capacity

Windpowersshareoftotalinstalledpowercapacity

over the last decade has increased more than four-

foldfrom2.2%in2000to10.5%in2011.Overthe

EU POWER CAPACITY MIX 2000 FIGURE2.3 EU POWER CAPACITY MIX 2011 FIGURE2.4

NET ELECTRICITY GENERATING INSTALLATIONS IN EU 2000-2011 IN GW FIGURE2.2

Thenetgrowthsince2000ofgaspower(116GW),

windpower(84.2GW)andsolarPV(47.4MW)was

atthe expense offueloil (down14.2GW), nuclear

(down13.5GW)andcoal(down10.3GW).2011saw

a sharp decrease in nuclear capacity due to the early

decommissioningofanumberofreactorsinGermany.

The other renewable technologies (hydro, biomass,

waste, CSP, geothermal and ocean energies) have

Net changes in EU installed capacity 2000-2011

also been increasing installed capacity over the past

decade,albeitmoreslowlythanwindandsolarPV.

The 21st century sees the EU power sector moving

awayfromfueloil,coalandnuclearwhilecontinuingto

increaseitstotalinstalledcapacitywithgas,windand

solarPVtomeetincreasingdemand.

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84

47

4 3 2 1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.01

-10-14 -1420

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Gas Wind PV Large

hydro

Biomass Waste CSP Small

hydro

Geo-

thermal

Peat Ocean Coal Nuclear Fuel

oil

Large hydro105,552

18%

Wind12,887

2%

Small hydro4,514

1%

Biomass2,790

1%

Waste2,054

0%

Geothermal6040%

PV1880%

Coal159,482

28%

Nuclear128,471

22%

Gas89,801

16%

Fuel oil66,518

12%

Peat1,868

0%

Large hydro

14%Wind

93,957

121,243

10%

PV46,300

5%

Biomass6,019

1%

Small hydro4,845

1%

Waste3,804

0%

Geothermal9240%

CSP11070%

Ocean2540%

Coal230,253

26%

Nuclear121,444

14%

Gas209,95323%

Fuel oil53,7456%

Peat2,0300%

sameperiod,renewablecapacityincreasedbyathird

from22.5%in2000to31.1%in2011.


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Annual wind power installations

Annual wind power installations in the EU have

increased steadily over the past 17 years from 814

MWin1996to9,616MWin2011,anaverageannual

growthrateof15.6%.

National breakdown o wind power installations

In2000, the annual wind powerinstallations ofthe

three pioneeringcountries Denmark,Germanyand

Spain represented 85% of all EU wind capacity

additions.In2011,thissharehasdecreasedto34%.

Wind power is increasingly being installed across

Europe.

A closer look at wind power installations

DENMARK, GERMANY AND SPAINS SHARE OF EU WIND POWER MARKET (GW) FIGURE3.2

ANNUAL WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS IN EU IN GW FIGURE3.1

0.8 11.3

1.7

3.2 3.2

4.4

5.9

5.55.8

6.2

7.6

8.5 8.3

10.5

9.6 9.6

2

0

4

6

8

10

12

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2.7 3.8 5.2

4.34.1

3.63.8

5.2

3.44.7

3.4 3.3

0.5 0.6 0.7

1.2

1.72.6

3.8

3.4

5.15.8

6 6.3

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Rest of EU Germany, Spain, Denmark


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CUMULATIVE WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS IN THE EU (GW)

FIGURE3.4

EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR TOTAL INSTALLED

CAPACITY AT END 2011 (TOTAL 93.7 GW) FIGURE3.5

Cumulative wind power installations

Atotalof93,957MWisnowinstalledintheEuropean

Union,agrowthof11%onthepreviousyear.Germany

remains the EU country with the largest installed

capacity,followedbySpain,Italy,FranceandtheUK.

Nine other countries have over 1 GW of installed

capacity:Portugal,Denmark,theNetherlands,Sweden,

Ireland,Greece,Poland,AustriaandBelgium.

Onshore and oshore annual markets

In2011,offshorewindsshareoftotalinstallationswas9%,comparedto9.2%in2010.

ANNUAL ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS IN MW FIGURE3.3

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4,377

5,7435,203

5,749 6,114

7,5268,201 7,935

9,929

8,764 8,7504

51

170

25990

93

318 373

582

883 866

1000

3000

5000

7000

9000

11000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Offshore Onshore

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2.5 3.5 4.8

6.5

9.712.9

17.3

23.1

28.5

34.4

40.5

48

56.5

64.7

75.1

84.6

94

Germany29.1

31%

Spain21.7

23%

France6.8

7%

Italy6.7

7%

UK6.5

7%

Portugal4.1

4%

Denmark3.9

4%

Sweden2.93%

Netherlands2.33%

Ireland1.62%

Other8.3

9%


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Estimated wind energy production

Thewindcapacityinstalledatend2011will,inanormal

windyear,produce204TWhofelectricity,representing

6.3%oftheEUsgrossnalconsumption(2).

Denmark remains the country with the highest

penetration of wind power in electricity consumption

(almost 26%), followed by Spain (15.9%), Portugal

(15.6%),Ireland(12%)andGermany(10.6%).Overall,

inanormalwindyear,installedwindcapacityatend

2011willmeet6.3%oftheEUselectricityneeds.

WIND SHARE OF TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FIGURE3.6

(2) According to the latest fgures rom Eurostat, gross electricity consumption in the EU was 3,225.2 TWh in 2009

0%

0%

0%

0.5%

0.7%

0.9%

1.3%

1.7%

2.3%2.8%

2.9%

3%

3.3%

3.4%

3.7%

4.2%

4.4%

4.4%

4.5%

4.5%

5.2%

5.4%

6.3%

10.6%

12%

15.6%

15.9%

25.9%

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Denmark

Spain

Portugal

Ireland

Germany

EU

Cyprus

Greece

Sweden

UK

Estonia

Netherlands

Italy

Romania

Bulgaria

Austria

Lithuania

Belgium

FrancePoland

Hungary

Luxembourg

Latvia

Czech Republic

Finland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Malta

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