Enercon continues to dominate German market

GERMANY: Enercon has continued to lead the German onshore market by taking a 56.8% share of the 2,335MW installed in 2012, according to wind engineering and consultancy firm Deutsche Windguard.

by Sara Knight 11 February 2013

Enercon's E92 turbine is part of the company's low-to-medium wind offering

Vestas came in second place, clocking up 24.2%. Repower came third with 11%, followed by Nordex with 3.7%, e.n.o. with 1.5% and Vensys with 1.1%.

Major companies Siemens and GE don't figure in the 2012 onshore wind installations, being completely subsumed in the 1.7% "other" category.

In future, Siemens will start to build a profile in German wind thanks to upcoming offshore projects using its turbine technology.

In 2011, Enercon had accounted for around 60% of the 2,007MW installed, Vestas taking 21% of the market. These statistics including 200MW of offshore wind.

Repower and Nordex followed with 9.7% and 3.9% respectively in 2011. The Bard group accounted for 2.1% with its offshore installations. Siemens Wind Power and GE Wind were insignificant in the German market in 2011.