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BWE News Release: Domestic market pulls back on despite financial crisis - global market expands

Berlin (27/01/2010). Despite the economic crisis, the German market will recover in 2009 and again recorded strong economic growth. The world market is still growing, they informed the Federal Wind Energy Association (BWE) and the German Engineering Federation (VDMA Power Systems) today in Berlin. According to the latest statistics of the German Wind Energy Institute (DEWI) in 2009 were 952 domestic wind turbines with a capacity of 1,917 megawatts (MW) installed. This represents an increase of about 15 percent over the previous year. Total end of 2009 were installed in Germany 21 164 wind turbines with a total capacity of 25 777 MW.

"The framework for wind energy on land and at sea have adapted through the EEG amendment on 1.1.2009 to the world market level. This has paid off in the current financial and economic crisis in particular. The German wind industry once again has a solid base, "said Hermann Albers, President of the Federal Wind Energy Association. "The German wind industry has the credit crunch in contrast to many other branches of mechanical and plant so far coped well. The market for wind energy in Germany was down after two years of stagnation, the first time, "said Thorsten Herdan, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems.

addition to new installations in newly designated areas in Germany is also the Repowering - replacing old with new, more powerful systems - going. "Compared to 2008 with about 24 MW in 2009 for 136 MW have been well renovated. The repowering is in the next few years a lot of potential for wind energy in Germany, "said Albers.

is particularly pleasing that 60 MW of installed capacity from the North Sea coast has fallen at last, the go-ahead for the German offshore market. "This is to ensure technology showcases that the German wind industry will benefit both nationally and internationally by the offshore business increased," said Herdan. Both organizations expect in the coming years with a growing domestic market.

also recorded in the world market in 2009, against all fears grow. The strongest market is worldwide with about 10000-12000 MW of new installed capacity, China - by comparison, 6,300 MW in 2008. China has thus almost doubled its capacity again. The U.S. market has done better than was forecast in early 2009. Thanks to the economic programs of the Obama Administration, the American wind industry has installed 9900 MW in 2009 - for comparison: 8,400 MW last year. Other countries such as Turkey and Brazil are now using the wind strengthened and install large wind farms. "In all likelihood the industry will have on the world market already this year and next year double-digit growth rates," said association representatives to both the future prospects of the export Wind Energy Made in Germany.

biggest current obstacle to the further development of wind energy in the main markets are the insufficient capacity of current networks to the power to the consumers to transport in the urban areas. In order to find solutions and to eliminate the bottleneck, BWE and VDMA Power Systems are working with the EWEA European Wind Energy Association 2010 Conference by the grids (http://www.ewea.org/grids2010) of 23 to 24 November 2010 in Berlin.