Top wind companies
This website provided the top 10 largest wind power companies sorted by MW installed in 2007:
1. Vestas (Denmark) 4,500 MW
2. GE Energy (United States) 3,300 MW
3. Gamesa (Spain) 3,050 MW
4. Enercon (Germany) 2,700 MW
5. Suzlon (India) 2,000 MW
6. Siemens (Denmark / Germany) 1,400 MW
7. Acciona (Spain) 870 MW
8. Goldwind (China – PRC) 830 MW
9. Nordex (Germany) 670 MW
10. Sinovel (China – PRC) 670 MW
The following figure is taken from Enercon’s presentation:

The following figure is taken from Vestas’s presentation:

Combining the figures above which has the same source from BTM Consult:
Companies 2008 2007 2006
1. Vestas 19.8% 22.8% 28%
2. GE Wind 18.6% 16.6% 16%
3. Gamesa 12.0% 15.4% 16%
4. Enercon 10.0% 14.0% 15%
5. Suzlon 9.0% 10.5% 8%
6. Siemens 6.9% 7.1% 7%
7. Sinovel 5.0% 3.4% -
8. Acciona 4.6% 4.4% 3%
9. Goldwind 4.0% 4.2% 3%
10. Nordex 3.8% 3.4% 3%
11. Others 17.6% 10.5% 5%
12. REpower - - 3%
From the data above, the top European’s market share has shrink from 75% to 57% over 3 years. Watch out for the rising Chinese companies (Sinovel and Goldwind)! See the Reuters news on “China seen surging to top wind turbine maker in 09“.

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