Wind in powerEuropean wind energy statistics 2012

2012 annual installations

• 11,895 MW of wind power capacity (worth between €12.8bn and €17.2bn) was installed in the EU during 2012.

• The National Renewable Energy Action Plans forecast a net increase in 2012 of 11,360 MW, 328 MW less than the actual net annual increase of 11,688 MW.

• EU wind power installations for 2012 do not show the significantly negative impact of market, regulatory and political uncertainty sweeping across Europe since the beginning of 2011. The turbines installed during 2012 were generally permitted, financed and ordered prior to the crisis feeding through to a destabilisation of legislative frameworks for wind energy. The stress being felt in many markets across Europe throughout the wind industry’s value chain should become apparent in a reduced level of installations in 2013, possibly continuing well into 2014.

2012 annual installations (continued)

• Wind power accounted for 26.5% of total 2012 power capacity installations.

• Renewable power installations accounted for 70% of new installations during 2012: 31.3 GW of a total 44.9 GW of new power capacity, down 4% on 2011.

Wind power installed in Europe by end of 2012 (cumulative, MW)

IRELAND1,738 UNITED

KINGDOM8,445

NETHERLANDS2,391

GERMANY31,308

BELGIUM1,375

FRANCE7,564

SPAIN22,796

LUXEMBOURG44

CZECHREPUBLIC

260

NORWAY703

SWEDEN3,745

FINLAND288

POLAND2,497

AUSTRIA1,378SWITZERLAND

50

ITALY8,144

SLOVENIA0CROATIA

180

HUNGARY329

SLOVAKIA3

FYROM0

ROMANIA1,905

BULGARIA684

GREECE1,749

UKRAINE276

LITHUANIA225

LATVIA68

ESTONIA269

TURKEY2,312

FAROE ISLANDS4

PORTUGAL4,525

CYPRUS147

MALTA0

European Union: 106,040 MW Candidate countries: 2,492 MWEFTA: 753 MWTotal Europe: 109,581 MW

DENMARK4,162

RUSSIA16

Wind power installed in EU by end of 2012 (cumulative, MW)

* Provisional data or estimate. ** Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaNote: due to previous year adjustments, 207 MW of project de-commissioning, re-powering and rounding of figures, the total 2012 end-of-year cumulative capacity is not exactly equivalent to the sum of the 2011 end-of-year total plus the 2012 additions.

Germany 2,415

20%

UK1,89716%

Italy1,27311%

Spain1,122

9%

Romania9238%

Poland8807%

Sweden8467%

France7576%

Belgium297 3%

Austria296 3%

Other1,18910%

EU Member State Market shares for new capacity installed during 2012 in MW. Total 11,566 MW

Source: EWEA

Share of new power capacity installations in EU (total 44,601 MW)

PV16,750

37%

Wind11,895

267

Gas10,534

23%

Coal3,065

7%

Biomass1,338

3%

CSP8332%

Hydro4241%

Waste, 500%

Nuclear220%

Fuel oil7

0%

Wave and Tidal 6

0%

Geothermal 5

0%

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

6000

1000

4000

9000

14000

19000

16,750

11,56610,535

3,065

1,338424 50 22 5

8337 60

-207

-5,495 -5,441

-43 -158

0

-1,205

0 0

-3,204

0

NewDecommissioned

New installed power capacity and decommissioned power capacity in MW

PV Wind Gas Coal Biomas

s

Hydro

Waste

Nuclear

Geothermal

CSP Fuel oil

Wave and Tidal

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

2012 share of new renewable power capacity installations in MW (total 30,968 MW)

PV16,750

54%

Wind11,895

37%

Biomass1,338

4%

CSP8333%

Hydro4241%

Waste50 0%

Wave and Tidal6

0% Geothermal5

0%

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

Trends & cumulative installations

• The EU’s total installed power capacity increased by 29.2 GW net to 931.9 GW, with wind power increasing by 11.7 GW and reaching a share of total installed generation capacity of 11.4%, up from 10.5% the previous year.

• The 106 GW of installed wind power capacity is 1.6 GW (1.5%) below the installed capacity outlined in the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) of 107.6 GW. Onshore there are 101 GW of installed capacity instead of 101.7 GW foreseen by the NREAPs (-1%). Offshore there are 4,993 MW of installed capacity instead of 5,829 foreseen by the NREAPs (-14%).

• Since 2000, 27.7% of new capacity installed has been wind power, 51.2% renewables and 91.2% renewables and gas combined.

• The EU power sector continues its move away from fuel oil, coal and nuclear, with each technology continuing to decommission more than it installs.

Installed power generating capacity per year in MW and RES share (%)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

Peat Fuel oil Nuclear Coal Gas Wave and Tidal Geothermal Waste Hydro Biomass PV

Wind

RES

(70%

)

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

20

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

121

96

69

4 4 2 2 0 0 0

-13 -15 -17

Net electricity generating installations in EU 2000-2012 (GW)

Gas

HydroPVWind Bio-mass

Waste CSP Geo-thermal

Peat Coal NuclearFueloil

Wave and Tidal

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

EU power capacity mix

2000

2012

Hydro126,354

14%

Wind105,696

11%

PV68,990

7%

Biomass 7,3151%

Waste3,8540%

CSP1,8900%

Geothermal1,4870%

Ocean2600%

Coal227,877

25%

Gas214,993

23%

Nuclear 120,261

13%

Fuel oil50,548

6%

Peat2,0300%

Chart TitleHydro

110,06619%

Wind12,887

2%

Biomass2,7901%

Peat1,8680%

Geothermal 1,3600%

Ocean2480%

PV1250%

Coal159,482

28%

Nuclear128,471

22%

Gas89,80116%

Fuel oil66,51812%

Chart Title

Sources: Platts PowerVision 2012, EWEA, EPIA, ESTELA

Wind power installations

• Annual installations of wind power have increased steadily over the last 12 years, from 3.2 GW in 2000 to 11.9 GW in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of over 11.6%.

• A total of 106 GW is now installed in the European Union, an increase in installed cumulative capacity of 12.6% compared to the previous year.

• Germany remains the EU country with the largest installed capacity followed by Spain, the UK and Italy. 15 Member States have more than 1 GW of installed capacity, including two newer Member States, Poland and Romania.

• There was generalised growth in wind energy installations across Europe, although it is expected that a number of large markets, such as Italy and Spain, and certain previously fast growing emerging markets, such as Bulgaria, may slow down significantly over the coming years.

Wind power installations (continued)

• Offshore saw a record growth in 2012, and the trend is expected to continue in 2013 and 2014.

• The wind power capacity installed by the end of 2012 would, in a normal wind year, produce 231 TWh of electricity, enough to cover 7% of the EU’s electricity consumption – up from 6.3% the year before.

Annual wind power installations in EU (GW)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

5

10

15

3.2

4.4

5.95.5

5.86.5

7.2

98.5

10.39.8 9.7

11.9

Source: EWEA

Denmark, Germany and Spain’s share of EU wind power market (GW)

2000 2005 2010 20120%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2.7

3.6

3.4 3.8

0.5

2.8

56

00 00

1.5 2.2

NMS Other EU Pioneers

Source: EWEA

Annual onshore and offshore installations (MW)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

4,377

5,7435,186

5,7496,454

7,086

8,6488,109

9,6958,964 8,790

10,729

51

170276

90

90

93

318373

575883 874

1166

Offshore onshore

Source: EWEA

Cumulative wind power installations in the EU (GW)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

50

100

150

12.917.3

23.128.5

34.440.8

48

56.7

65

75.2

85

94.3

106

Source: EWEA

EU Member State market shares for total installed capacity (total 106 GW)

Germany31

30%

Spain23

22%UK8

8%

Italy8

8%

France7

7%

Portugal5

4%

Denmark4

4%

Sweden4

3%

Poland2

2%

Netherlands 2

2%

Others10

10%

Chart Title

Source: EWEA

Wind power share of total electricity consumption in EU (7%) and in member states

MaltaSlovakia

Czech RepublicHungary

FranceBelgium

AustriaNetherlands

Sweden

Greece

UK

EU

IrelandPortugal

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

0%0%0%

1%1%

1%2%

2%3%

3%4%4%4%4%

4%5%

5%6%6%6%6%

7%7%

11%13%

16%17%

27%Chart Title

Sources: EWEA, Eurostat 2010

Wind power share of total electricity consumption in Croatia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey

Switzerland

Norway

Croatia

Turkey

0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5%

0.2%

11%

2 %

2.3%

Chart Title

Sources: EWEA, Eurostat 2010

Wind power targets

• Overall the EU is lagging by 1.6 GW (-1.5%) behind its 27 National Renewable energy Action Plan forecasts.

• Eighteen Member States are falling behind on their wind power capacity trajectories, most notably Slovakia, Greece, Czech Republic, Hungary, France and Portugal.

• Nine Member States are above their trajectory.• Compared to EWEA’s 2009 forecast, onshore installations

are 3 GW above expectations (+3%). Offshore installations are below EWEA’s expectations by 307 MW (-6%).

Wind power capacity targets, National Renewable Energy Action Plans and real (MW)

Source: EWEA

Wind power capacity targets (NREAPs and EWEA 2009) and real (MW)

NREAPs EWEA 2009 Real92

94

96

98

100

102

104

106

108

110

101.8

98

101

5.8

5.3

5

Offshore onshore

Source: EWEA

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