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Danish
Wind Turbine Sales Sextuple in Five Years
For the sixth consecutive year, sales from Danish
wind turbine manufacturers set a new record. New statistics from
the Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association show that the
production increased sixfold in the course of the last five years,
corresponding to an annual growth rate of 44% per year.
The
turnover increased some 60% from 7.7 billion DKK (euro 1 billion)
in 1998 to 12.5 billion DKK (euro 1.7 billion) in 1999. The Danish
manufacturers' share of the world market increased slightly to
approx. 50% in 1999. If foreign joint ventures (associated companies)
are included, the market share is close to 65%. Strong - but
temporary - increases in American and German demand were the
main contributors to the remarkable growth.
17% of the total production of 2,241 MW (megawatt generating
power) went to the Danish home market, while foreign countries
demanded the remaining 1,853 MW.
1999
became the first year in which the world installed more new wind
generating capacity than nuclear capacity.
The
direct employment in the Danish wind turbine factories increased
by more than 1,000 to 3,800 at the end of 1999. To this figure
should be added some 10,000 jobs in Danish component manufacturing.
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New
Record in Denmark
With an increase from 317 MW in 1998 to 388 MW last year, sales
to the Danish home market also set a new record in 1999. Danish
sales in 2000 are expected to be at the level of 1999. Wind is
estimated to cover 13% of Danish electricity consumption this
year.
However,
the Danish market is expected to vanish in 2001. Not a single
turbine has been contracted in 2000 for delivery in Denmark in
either 2000 or 2001. This is due to the fact that there is no
EU-approved payment regulation for electricity from new wind
turbines in Denmark and due to insecurity about the future (green
certificates) payments system for wind energy in Denmark.
The
new and extremely complex financing models for wind turbines
with futures contracts, financial options and performance bonds
give the Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association reason
to predict the end of wind turbine co-operatives in Denmark.
In the future the Danish market will be taken over by developers
and institutional investors.
The
Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association foresees that the
future development on the Danish market will lead to a 25% drop
in employment (1.000 jobs) in the Danish factories in 2001.
See the complete press release.
(14 July 2000)
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