Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured top spot in a 2015 global market share study carried out by consultancy outfit Make Consulting.
Vestas added capacity in 35 markets in 2015, 13 more than any other turbine manufacturer, resulting in a total of 7.6GW, the consultancy said.
Make’s Global Wind Turbine OEM 2015 Market Share report put the company ahead of Chinese manufacturer Goldwind which was followed by GE, Siemens and Gamesa.
Goldwind was boosted by a record year in China installing more than 2.2GW than the previous year. Overseas, markets accounted for only 3% of the company’s capacity last year, the report said.
GE maintained its dominance in the US, while its acquisition of Alstom bolstered market share in Brazil and boosted its lead in Latin America.
Siemens leaned heavily on offshore wind in 2015, without which the German company would have dropped to eighth position, the report said. It accounted for 51% of global offshore wind power capacity added last year.
Four of the top 10 manufacturers were Chinese – United Power in sixth, Envision in eighth and Mingyang in ninth – with Enercon (seventh) and Senvion (10th) taking the remaining positions.
Image: a V117 3.3MW wind turbine (Vestas)
Vestas tops turbine table
Danes pip China's Goldwind in 2015 according to Make Consulting analysis
By EBS