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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 .......................................... 10 Cumulative wind power installations ............................................. 10 Estimated wind energy production ................................................ 11

ContributorsJustin Wilkes (Policy Director, EWEA)Jacopo Moccia (Head of Policy Analysis, EWEA)Mihaela Dragan (Research officer, EWEA)

Data sourcesBentek Energy PowerVision (formerly Platts), January 2012EWEA, wind energy and ocean energy dataEPIA, solar PV dataESTELA, CSP dataEU-OEA, Ocean energy dataEGEC and Eurostat, Geothermal data

Special thanks to:IGWindkraft (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 of Finland (FI) – SERTFEE (FR) – Jardfeingi (FO) - Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar (HR) – MSZET and MSZIT (HU) – ANEV (IT) – LWPA (LT) – Ministère de l’économie et du commerce extérieur (LU) - LVEA (LV) – NWEA (NL) – NorWEA (NO) – PWEA (PL) – APREN (PT) – AREE (RO) –

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

Photo cover: Enel Green Power


2011 annual installations

•9,616MWofwindpowercapacity(worthsome€12.6billion)wasinstalledintheEUduring2011,asimilarfiguretothepreviousyear(9,648in2010);

•Windpoweraccountedfor21.4%oftotal2011powercapacityinstallations;•Renewablepowerinstallationsaccountedfor71.3%ofnewinstallationsduring2011: 32,043MWofatotalof44,939MWofnewpowercapacity;

•Morerenewablepowercapacitywasinstalledduring2011thananyotheryear,anincrease of37.7%comparedto2010;

•Morepowercapacitywasinstalledin2011thaneverbefore-anincreaseof3.9%,dueentirely to increasing renewable power installations.

Trends & cumulative installations •TheEU’stotalinstalledpowercapacityincreasedby35,468MWnetto895,878MW,withwindpowerincreasingitsshareofinstalledcapacityto10.5%(93,957MW),andrenewablecapacityincreasingitsshareto31.1%;

•Since2000,28.2%ofnewcapacityinstalledhasbeenwindpower,47.8%renewables, and90.8%renewablesandgascombined;

•Foronlythethirdtimesince1998theEUpowersectorinstalledmorecoalthanitdecommis-sioned,highlightingtheurgentneedfortheEUtomovetoa30%greenhousegasreductiontargetfor2020,tointroduceanEmissionsPerformanceStandard,andtoenddecadesofsubsidiesfornewcoalbuildanditsfuel;

•TheEUpowersectorcontinuesitsmoveawayfromfueloilandnuclear,witheachtechnologycontinuingtodecommissionmorethanitinstalls;

Wind power installations •Annualinstallationsofwindpowerhaveincreasedsteadilyoverthelast17yearsfrom814MWin1995to9,616MWin2011,anannualaveragemarketgrowthof15.6%;

•Atotalof93,957MWisnowinstalledintheEuropeanUnion,anincreaseininstalledcumu-lativecapacityof11%comparedtothepreviousyear;

•GermanyremainstheEUcountrywiththelargestinstalledcapacity,followedbySpain,France,ItalyandtheUK;

•GrowthinonshoreinstallationsinGermanyandSweden,andoffshoreintheUK-togetherwith continuing strong performance from some emerging onshore markets in Eastern Europe –havemorethanoffsetthefallininstallationsinmaturemarketssuchasFranceandSpain;

•Thewindcapacityinstalledbytheendof2011would,inanormalyear,produce204TWhofelectricity,representing6.3%ofelectricityconsumption–upfrom5.3%theyearbefore.

Executive summary

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PORTUGAL4,083

SPAIN21,674

FRANCE6,800*

UNITED KINGDOM

6,540

IRELAND1,631

BELGIUM1,078

NETHERLANDS2,328

LUXEMBOURG44

GERMANY29,060

POLAND1,616

DENMARK3,871*

SWEDEN2,907

FINLAND197

ESTONIA184

LATVIA 31

LITHUANIA 179

ITALY6,747*

AUSTRIA1,084

CZECH REPUBLIC

217 SLOVAKIA 3

HUNGARY329

SLOVENIA0

ROMANIA982

BULGARIA612*

GREECE1,629

MALTA0

RUSSIAn/a***

NORWAY520

UKRAINE151

SWITZERLAND 46

CROATIA 131

TURKEY1,799

CYPRUS134

FAROE ISLANDS4

* Provisional**FormerYugoslavRepublicofMacedonia*** Figure not communicated Note:Duetopreviousyearadjustments,216.03MWofprojectde-commissioning,re-poweringandroundingoffigures,thetotal2011end-of-yearcumulativecapacityisnotexactlyequivalentto the sum of the 2010 end-of-year total plus the 2011 additions.

installed 2010 end 2010 installed 2011 end 2011candidate countries (MW)Croatia 61 89 42 131FYROM** 0 0 0 0Serbia 0 0 0 0Turkey 528 1,329 470 1,799Total 589 1,418 512 1,930eFTa (MW)Iceland 0 0 0 0Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0Norway 18 436 84 520Switzerland 25 42 3 46

Total 43 478 87 565

Of which offshore and near shore

0 2 0 2

other (MW)FaroeIslands 0 4 0 4Ukraine 1 87 66 151Russia 0 9 n/a*** n/a***Total 1 101 66 164Total europe 10,280 86,647 10,281 96,607

installed 2010

end 2010

installed 2011

end 2011

EU Capacity (MW)Austria 19 1,014 73 1,084Belgium 325 886 192 1,078Bulgaria 322 500 112* 612*Cyprus 82 82 52 134CzechRepublic 23 215 2 217Denmark 315 3,749 178 3,871Estonia 7 149 35 184Finland 52 197 0 197France 1,396 5,970 830* 6,800*Germany 1,493 27,191 2,086 29,060Greece 238 1,323 311 1,629Hungary 94 295 34 329Ireland 82 1,392 239 1,631Italy 948 5,797 950* 6,747*Latvia 2 30 1 31Lithuania 72 163 16 179Luxembourg 1 44 0 44Malta 0 0 0 0Netherlands 56 2,269 68 2,328Poland 456 1,180 436 1,616Portugal 171 3,706 377 4,083Romania 448 462 520 982Slovakia 0 3 0 3Slovenia 0 0 0 0Spain 1,463 20,623 1,050 21,674Sweden 604 2,163 763 2,907UnitedKingdom 1,005 5,204 1,293 6,540Total eu-27 9,648 84,650 9,616 93,957Total eu-15 8,144 81,571 8,409 89,670Total eu-12 1,504 3,079 1,208 4,287Of which offshore and near shore

883 2,944 866 3,810

Wind power installed in europe by end of 2011 (cumulative)

European Union: 93,957 MWCandidate Countries: 1,930 MWEFTA: 565 MWTotal Europe: 96,607 MW

FYROM**0


2011 annual installations

Wind power capacity installations

During 2011, 10,281(1) MW of wind power wasinstalledacrossEurope,ofwhich9,616MWwas intheEuropeanUnion,similartothepreviousyear.

Ofthe9,616MWinstalledintheEU,8,750MWwasonshoreand866MWoffshore. In2011,theannualonshore market remained stable compared to the previous year, whilst the offshoremarket decreasedslightly(-1.9%).

InvestmentinEUwindfarmsin2011was€12.6billion,a similar figure to 2010. The onshore wind powersectorattracted€10.2billion,whiletheoffshorewindpowersectoraccountedforaround€2.4bn(19%).

Intermsofannual installations,Germanywasbyfarthe largestmarket in2011, installingalmost2,100MWofnewcapacity.TheUKcameinsecondwithjustunder1,300MW,752MWofwhich (58%)offshore,followed by Spain with 1,050 MW. Italy (950 MW),France(830MW)andSweden(763MW)arefollowedbyRomania(520MW).

Amongtheemergingmarkets,afterRomania,Polandinstalled the second most capacity in 2011 (436

MW).Bothremainamongthe10biggestEUmarketsfor the second year running.

Offshoreaccounted for8.9%of totalEUwindpowerinstallations in 2011.

EU MEMBER STATE MARKET SHARES FOR NEW CAPACITY

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

installed 2010 end 2010 installed 2011 end 2011candidate countries (MW)Croatia 61 89 42 131FYROM** 0 0 0 0Serbia 0 0 0 0Turkey 528 1,329 470 1,799Total 589 1,418 512 1,930eFTa (MW)Iceland 0 0 0 0Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0Norway 18 436 84 520Switzerland 25 42 3 46

Total 43 478 87 565

Of which offshore and near shore

0 2 0 2

other (MW)FaroeIslands 0 4 0 4Ukraine 1 87 66 151Russia 0 9 n/a*** n/a***Total 1 101 66 164Total europe 10,280 86,647 10,281 96,607

Photo:RES

(1) Figures for Russia were not available at time of publishing

France8309%

Sweden7638%

Romania5205%

Poland4365%

Portugal3774%

Greece3113%

Germany2,08622%

UK1,29313%

Spain1,05011%

Italy95010%

Others1,00110%

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Power capacity installations

Windpoweraccountedfor21.4%ofnewinstallationsin2011,thethirdbiggestshareaftersolarPV(46.7%)andgas(21.6%).

Solar PV installed 21,000 MW (46.7% of totalcapacity), followed by gas with 9,718 MW (21.6%),andwindwith9,616MW(21.4%).

Noother technologiescompare towind,PVandgasin termsofnew installations.Coal installed2.2GW(4.8%oftotal installations),fueloil700MW(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 newcapacity installations.

Overall,2011wasarecordyearintheEU,with45GWofnewelectricitygeneratingcapacityinstalled,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%

Gas9,718.3

22%

Wind9,61621%

Coal2,1475%

Fuel oil7002%

Large hydro6061%

CSP4721%

Nuclear3311%

Biomass234.1

0%

Waste690%

Geothermal320%

Small hydro9

0%Ocean

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During2011,6.3GWofnuclearcapacitywasdecom-missioned, and over 1 GW of fuel oil capacity wastakenoffline.Gasdecommissioned934MW,coal840MWandwind216MW.

For the second year running, coal installed morecapacity (2,147 MW) than it decommissioned (840

MW).Thishike innewcoalpowercapacityhighlightstheurgentneed for theEUtomove toa30%green-housegasreductiontargetfor2020,tointroduceanEmissionsPerformanceStandard,andtoenddecadesof subsidies for new coal build and its fuel.


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

In2000, new renewable power installations totalled3.5GW.Renewablecapacity installationshavebeengrowing almost tenfold over the past 11 years, toreach32GWin2011.

The share of renewables in total capacity additions has also grown. In 2000, the 3.5 GW represented20.7%ofnewpowerinstallations,increasingto23.3

Renewable power installations

Trends & cumulative installations

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

302.6GWofnewpowercapacityhasbeeninstalledsince 2000. Of this, 28.2% has been wind power,47.8% renewables, and 90.8% renewables and gascombined.

More renewablegeneratingcapacitywas installed intheEUin2011thaneverbefore-32GW,representing71.3%ofallnewinstallations.Since2008renewablecapacity 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

PV21,000

Wind9,616

Large hydro606

CSP472

Biomass234

Waste69

Geothermal32

Small hydro8.6

Ocean4.5

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20.7%38.2% 44.4%

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53.8%71.3%

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Total installed power capacity

Windpower’sshareof total installedpowercapacityover the last decade has increased more than four-fold from2.2%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)wasat the expense of fuel oil (down 14.2 GW), nuclear(down13.5GW)andcoal(down10.3GW).2011sawa 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,coalandnuclearwhilecontinuingtoincreaseitstotalinstalledcapacitywithgas,windandsolarPVtomeetincreasingdemand.

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Large hydro 105,552

18%

Wind 12,887

2%Small hydro

4,5141%

Biomass 2,790

1%Waste

2,0540%

Geothermal 604

0%

PV 188

0%

Coal 159,482

28%

Nuclear 128,471

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Gas 89,801 16%

Fuel oil 66,518 12%

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Small hydro 4,845

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Waste 3,804

0%Geothermal

9240%

CSP 1107

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Ocean 254

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Coal230,253

26%

Nuclear121,444

14%

Gas209,953

23%

Fuel oil53,7456%

Peat2,0300%

sameperiod,renewablecapacityincreasedbyathirdfrom22.5%in2000to31.1%in2011.


Annual wind power installations

Annual wind power installations in the EU have increased steadily over the past 17 years from 814

MWin1996to9,616MWin2011,anaverageannualgrowthrateof15.6%.

National breakdown of wind power installations

In 2000, the annual wind power installations of thethree pioneering countries –Denmark,Germany andSpain – 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 SPAIN’S SHARE OF EU WIND POWER MARKET (GW) FIGURE3.2

ANNUAL WIND POWER INSTALLATIONS IN EU IN GW FIGURE3.1

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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

Atotalof93,957MWisnowinstalledintheEuropeanUnion,agrowthof11%onthepreviousyear.Germanyremains the EU country with the largest installed capacity,followedbySpain,Italy,FranceandtheUK.

Nine other countries have over 1 GW of installedcapacity:Portugal,Denmark,theNetherlands,Sweden,Ireland,Greece,Poland,AustriaandBelgium.

Onshore and offshore annual markets

In2011,offshorewind’sshareoftotalinstallationswas9%,comparedto9.2%in2010.

ANNUAL ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE INSTALLATIONS IN MW FIGURE3.3

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4,377

5,743 5,203 5,749 6,114

7,526 8,201 7,935

9,929 8,764 8,750

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Germany29.131%

Spain21.723%

France6.87%

Italy6.77%

UK6.57%

Portugal4.14%

Denmark3.94%

Sweden2.93%

Netherlands2.33%

Ireland1.62%

Other8.39%


Estimated wind energy production

Thewindcapacityinstalledatend2011will,inanormalwindyear,produce204TWhofelectricity,representing6.3%oftheEU’sgrossfinalconsumption(2).

Denmark remains the country with the highestpenetration of wind power in electricity consumption

(almost 26%), followed by Spain (15.9%), Portugal(15.6%),Ireland(12%)andGermany(10.6%).Overall,inanormalwindyear,installedwindcapacityatend2011willmeet6.3%oftheEU’selectricityneeds.

WIND SHARE OF TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION FIGURE3.6

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

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25.9%

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PortugalIreland

GermanyEU

CyprusGreece

SwedenUK

EstoniaNetherlands

ItalyRomaniaBulgariaAustria

LithuaniaBelgium

FrancePoland

HungaryLuxembourg

LatviaCzech Republic

FinlandSlovakiaSlovenia

Malta

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