Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology commissioned 7.8GW of onshore wind capacity in 2015, the first time a Chinese company has topped the list of turbine manufacturers.
Goldwind was buoyed by a surging Chinese market that saw 28.7GW installed last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual ranking of manufacturers.
Nearly all of Goldwind’s 2015 capacity was built in China, a market where, combined, foreign manufacturers accounted for less than 5% of market share.
Vestas was in second place with 7.3GW commissioned, up 2.5GW from 2014.
GE fell from first place last year to third in 2015 with 5.9GW, 700MW more than it commissioned in 2014.
Siemens tied for fourth place with Spain’s Gamesa as both companies installed 3.1GW in 2015, while German firm Enercon fell to sixth place.
Four Chinese manufacturers feature in the bottom half of the global top 10 onshore ranking. Guodian fell to seventh place from sixth last year, Ming Yang and Envision tied for eighth place, and CSIC joins the list for the first time in 10th place with 2GW of installed capacity.
Offshore Siemens was the number one turbine manufacturer last year by a wide margin. The company commissioned 2.6GW in 2015, more than four times second-ranked Adwen, a joint venture between Gamesa and Areva, BNEF said.
BNEF head of wind research Amy Grace said: “It’s hardly surprising that five Chinese manufacturers made the top 10 ranking in a year where China contributed roughly half of the global capacity.
“It is more surprising how dominant Goldwind was in its domestic market. The company commissioned more than two-and-a-half times the amount of capacity as the next largest Chinese manufacturer, Guodian.”
Image: Goldwind turbine nacelle (Goldwind)
