Wind in power

2009 European statistics

February 2010
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Contents
Executive summary 2009 annual installations Wind map 2009 Wind installations 2009 Power capacity installations Trends & cumulative installations Renewable power installations account for the majority of new installations Net changes in EU installed capacity Total installed power capacity Data for wind power installations Annual wind power installations Cumulative wind power installations
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Contributors
Justin Wilkes (Policy Director, EWEA) - Author Jacopo Moccia (Regulatory Affairs Advisor - Member State Liaison, EWEA) Data compilation and analysis

Data sources
Platts PowerVision, January 2010 EWEA, Wind Energy Data EPIA, Solar PV Data ESTELA, CSP Data EUROPEAN OCEAN ENERGY ASSOCIATION, Ocean Energy Data

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Executive summary
2009 annual installations 10,163 MW of wind power capacity installed in the EU during 2009, up 23% from the previous year; More wind power capacity was installed during 2009 than any other electricity generating technology, 39% of total 2009 installations; Investment in EU wind farms in 2009 was 13 billion; Renewable power installations accounted for 62% of new installations during 2009, with a total of 26,363 MW of new power capacity being installed. Trends & cumulative installations Wind power installations accounted for 39% of new installations in 2009, the second year running that more wind power was installed than any other generating technology; Renewable power installations accounted for 62% of new installations in 2009, the second year running that renewables accounted for the majority of new power installations; The EU power sector continues its move away from coal, fuel oil and nuclear, each technology continuing to decommission more than it installs; The EUs total installed power capacity increased 20,550 MW, to 821,006 MW with wind power increasing its share of installed capacity to 74,767 MW (9.1%). Data for wind power installations Annual installations of wind power have increased steadily over the last 15 years from 472 MW in 1994 to 10,163 MW in 2009, an annual average market growth of 23%. A total of 74,767 MW is now installed in the European Union with Germany remaining the EU country with the largest installed capacity, followed by Spain, Italy, France, and the UK.

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FINLAND 146

Wind power installed in europe by end of 2009 (cumulative)2009 european sTaTisTics Wind in poWer:

SWEDEN 1,560 NORWAY 431 ESTONIA 142

RUSSIA 9

LATVIA 28 DENMARK 3,465 LITHUANIA 91

FAROE ISLANDS 4

IRELAND 1,260

UNITED KINGDOM 4,051 NETHERLANDS 2,229 BELGIUM 563 LUXEMBOURG 35 GERMANY 25,777 CZECH REPUBLIC 192

POLAND 725

UKRAINE 94

SLOVAKIA 3

FRANCE 4,492

SWITZERLAND 18

AUSTRIA 995 SLOVENIA 0 CROATIA 28

HUNGARY 201

ROMANIA 14

PORTUGAL 3,535 SPAIN 19,149

ITALY 4,850

BULGARIA 177

GREECE 1,087

TURKEY 801

installed 2008 EU Capacity (MW) Austria 14 Belgium 135 Bulgaria 63 Cyprus 0 Czech Republic 34 Denmark 60 Estonia 19 Finland 33 France 950 Germany 1665 Greece 114 Hungary 62 Ireland 232 Italy 1010 Latvia 0 Lithuania 3 Luxembourg 0 Malta 0 Netherlands 500 Poland 268 Portugal 712 Romania 3 Slovakia 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1558 Sweden 262 United Kingdom 569 Total eu-27 8,268 Total eu-15 7,815 Total eu-12 453 Of which 374 offshore and near shore

end 2008 995 415 120 0 150 3,163 78 143 3,404 23,903 985 127 1,027 3,736 27 54 35 0 2,225 544 2,862 11 3 0 16,689 1,048 2,974 64,719 63,604 1,115 1,479

installed 2009 0 149 57 0 44 334 64 4 1,088 1,917 102 74 233 1,114 2 37 0 0 39 181 673 3 0 0 2,459 512 1,077 10,163 9,702 461 582

end 2009 995 563 177 0 192 3,465 142 146 4,492 25,777 1,087 201 1,260 4,850 28 91 35 0 2,229 725 3,535 14 3 0 19,149 1,560 4,051 74,767 73,194 1,574 2,061

MALTA 0 CYPRUS 0

European Union: 74,767 MW Candidate Countries: 829 MW EFTA: 449 MW Total Europe: 76,152 MW
installed 2008 candidate countries (MW) Croatia 1 FYROM* 0 Turkey 311 Total 312 eFTa (MW) Iceland 0 Liechtenstein 0 Norway 103 Switzerland 2 Total 105 other (MW) Faroe Islands 0 Ukraine 1 Russia 0 Total 1 Total europe 8,686 end 2008 18 0 458 476 0 0 429 14 443 4 90 9 103 65,741 installed 2009 10 0 343 353 0 0 2 4 6 0 4 0 4 10,526 end 2009 28 0 801 829 0 0 431 18 449 4 94 9 107 76,152

*FYROM = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Note: Due to previous-year adjustments, 114.77 MW of project de-commissioning, re-powering and rounding of figures, the total 2009 end-of-year cumulative capacity is not exactly equivalent to the sum of the 2008 end-of-year total plus the 2009 additions.

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2009 annual installations

Wind installations 2009
During 2009 10,526 MW of wind power was installed across Europe, 10,163 MW of that being in the European Union countries. This represents a market growth in the EU of 23% compared to 2008 installations. Of the 10,163 MW installed in the European Union, 9581 MW was installed onshore, and 582 MW offshore. In 2009 the onshore wind power market grew 21% compared to the previous year, and the offshore wind power market grew 56% compared to the previous year. Investment in EU wind farms in 2009 was 13 billion. The onshore wind power sector attracted 11.5 billion during 2009, the offshore wind power sector accounted for approximately 1.5 billion. In terms of annual installations Spain was the largest market in 2009, installing 2,459 MW, compared to Germanys 1,917 MW. Italy, France and the United Kingdom battled for third, fourth and fifth place respectively, with Italy installing 1114 MW, and France 1088 MW and the UK 1077 MW. Europes 2009 installations are characterised by a continuing strong development in the mature markets
EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW CAPACITY INSTALLED DURING 2009. TOTAL 10,163 MW  FIGURE 1.1

Poland 2% Ireland 2% (181 MW) (233 MW) Denmark 3% (334 MW) Sweden 5% (512 MW) Portugal 7% (673 MW)

Other 6% (575 MW)

Spain 24% (2,459 MW)

U.K. 10% (1,077 MW) Germany 19% (1,917 MW)

France 11% (1,088 MW) Italy 11% (1,114 MW)

of Spain and Germany, together with countries such as Italy, France, and the United Kingdom. Portugal (673), Sweden (512), Denmark (334), and Ireland (233) also performed strongly.

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2009 power capacity installations

In 2009, for the second year running, in the EU more wind power was installed than any other electricity generating technology. 26,363 MW of new capacity was installed in total, of which 10,163 MW (39%) was wind and 6,630 MW was gas (25%). Solar PV - came in third at 4,600 MW1 (17%). In addition 2,406 MW (9%) of new coal was installed, 581 MW (2.2%) of biomass, 573 MW (2.2%) of fuel oil, 442 MW (1.7%) of waste, 439 MW (1.7%) of nuclear, 338 MW (1.3%) of large hydro, 120 MW2 (0.46%) of concentrated solar power, 55 MW (0.2%) of small hydro, 12 MW (0.04%) of other gas, 3.9 MW (0.01%) of geothermal, and 405 kW3 of ocean power. During 2009 the nuclear and coal power sectors decommissioned more MW than they installed: nuclear power sector decommissioned 1,393 MW, and the coal power sector decommissioned 3,200 MW, the continuation of an ongoing trend (see next section).
FIGURE 1.2

NEW INSTALLED CAPACITY AND DE-COMMISSIONED CAPACITY IN EU 2009 IN MW. TOTAL 25,963 MW

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2009: renewables continue to dominate new power installations

2009 was the second year running where more wind power was installed than any other generating technology, and the second year running that renewables accounted for more than 50% of new installations, cementing a rising trend initiated over a decade ago. In total, renewable energy accounted for 62% (16,304 MW) of all new generating capacity installed in the EU during 2009 (Figure 1.3).
SHARE OF NEW POWER INSTALLATIONS IN EU 
Ocean 0% PEAT 0%

FIGURE 1.3

Natural Gas 25%

Wind 39%

Other gas 0% Fuel oil 2% Coal 9% Nuclear 2% Biomass 2% Waste 2% Large Hydro 1% PV 17%

Small Hydro 0% Geotherm al 0%

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Trends & cumulative installations

Renewable power installations account for the majority of new installations
Since 2008, each year renewable electricity generating technologies have accounted for more than 50% of new power installations mostly wind power, but
NEW INSTALLED CAPACITY PER YEAR IN MW

also solar PV, hydro power, and biomass. This trend has increased from just 14% of new installations in 1995, to 62% in 2009.
FIGURE 2.1

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Net changes in EU installed capacity

2009s installations continue the trend in changes in EU net installed capacity for the various electricity generating technologies from 2000 to 2009. The net growth of natural gas (81 GW) and wind power (65.1 GW) came about at the expense of fuel oil (down 12.9 GW), coal (down 12 GW) and nuclear power (down 7.2 GW).

NET ELECTRICITY GENERATING INSTALLATIONS IN EU 2000 - 2009 IN MW

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Total installed power capacity

Wind powers share of total installed capacity in the EU has increased from 2% in 2000 to 9% in 2009.
EU POWER CAPACITY MIX 2000 FIGURE 2.3 EU POWER CAPACITY MIX 2009 FIGURE 2.4

Geothermal 0.2% Biomass 0.5% Wind 2.2% Other Gas 1.2% Small Hydr o 0.8% Natural Gas 14.5% PV 0% Large Hydr o 18.3%

Wind 9.1% Other Gas 0.8% Natural Gas 21.6%

CSP 0% Ocean 0% PV 1.6% Waste 0.4% Geothermal 0.2% Small Hyd ro 0.6% Large Hyd ro 14.7%

Fuel Oil 11.6%

PEAT 0.3%

Fuel Oil 6.7% PEAT 0.2% Nuclear 15.6% Coal 27.8%

Nuclear 22.3%

Coal 27.7%

Data for wind power installations

Annual wind power installations
Annual installations of wind power in the EU have increased steadily over the last 15 years from 472 MW in 1994 to 10,163 MW in 2009, an annual average market growth of 23%.
ANNUAL WIND POWER INSTALLATION IN EU IN MW FIGURE 3.1

In 2009 Spain was the EU country with the largest annual market in terms of MW installations, followed by Germany, Italy, France, and the UK.
EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW CAPACITY (AS OF END 2009). TOTAL 10,163 MW FIGURE 3.2

12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000

814 979 10,163 8,535 8,268 7,592 6,204 5,913 5,838 5,462 4,428 3,225 3,209 1,700 1,277

Poland 2% Ireland 2% (181 MW) (233 MW) Denmark 3% (334 MW) Sweden 5% (512 MW) Portugal 7% (673 MW)

Other 6% (575 MW)

Spain 24% (2,459 MW)

U.K. 10% (1,077 MW) Germany 19% (1,917 MW)

France 11% (1,088 MW) Italy 11% (1,114 MW)

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Cumulative wind power installations

A total of 74,767 MW is now installed in the European Union. Germany remains the EU country with the largest installed capacity, followed by Spain, Italy, France, and the UK.
EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR TOTAL INSTALLED CUMULATIVE WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS MW FIGURE 3.3 CAPACITY (2009). TOTAL 74,767 MW
Ireland 2% Poland 1% (1,260 MW) (725 MW) Other 5% (3,675 MW)

FIGURE 3.4

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34,372 24,491 23,098 17,315 12,887 9,678 4,753 3,476 6,453 2,497
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

74,767 64,719 56,517 48,031 40,500

Sweden 2% (1,560 MW) Netherlands 3% (2,229 MW) Denmark 5% (3,465 MW) Portugal 5% (3,535 MW) U.K. 5% (4,051 MW) France 6% (4,492 MW) Italy 6% (4,850 MW)

Germany 34% (25,777 MW)

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2009

Spain 26% (19,149 MW)

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