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Vestas leaves competitors trailing as

wind industry commissions 100 GW

Global commissioning of wind turbines reached 99,2 GW in 2021,

surging 161% year-on-year

he wind industry posted BNEF identified 55,8 GW of new The UK will add more than 3 GW of
another record for new wind capacity commissioned in China offshore wind for the first time this
Tcommissioned capacity in last year. Despite global commodities year, while activity will also pick up in
2021, as total additions fell just short inflation and supply-chain chaos, new market Taiwan.”
of 100 GW for the second year in a annual installations in China were only The US remains the second largest
row, according to a new report by 2 GW shy of the record set in 2020. market for new wind build, adding
research company BloombergNEF The scheduled end to China’s 13 GW in 2021. Together with China,
(BNEF). offshore wind feed-in tariff saw it accounted for two-thirds of new
BNEF’s 2021 Global Wind Turbine developers install 14,2 GW of offshore global wind capacity last year. Vietnam
Market Shares report finds that wind turbines, a threefold jump broke into the top three global wind
developers brought online some (251%) year-on-year. China’s Shanghai markets for the first time, bringing
99,2 GW of wind turbines globally Electric, Mingyang, Goldwind and online 3,6 GW of onshore and near-
in 2021, edging past the 98,5 GW CSSC Haizhuang capitalised on this shore wind farms.
commissioned the previous year. growth to take the top four spots in “Policy continues to play a major
While the majority was added on BNEF’s offshore wind ranking. Siemens role in driving the global wind market,
land (83%), additions of new offshore Gamesa, which had been top of the as developers chase feed-in tariffs
turbines rose to 16,8 GW – a 161% rankings since 2017, slipped down to where they’re still on offer,” said
increase over 2020. sixth place, just behind Vestas. Edwards. “We saw an onshore wind
Vestas regained its spot at the “China dominated the offshore boom in China and the US in 2020,
top of the ranking, adding 15,2 GW wind market as the industry yet while last year the focus shifted to
worldwide. This is a 3,2 GW lead on its again showed what it can do when China’s offshore market and Vietnam.”
nearest competitor, Goldwind, which subsidies are on the line,” said Oliver
was in second place with 12 GW. Metcalfe, head of wind research Contact Veronika Henze,
Siemens Gamesa took the third spot at BloombergNEF. “As offshore BloombergNEF,
in the ranking. General Electric, the installations drop off in China in 2022, vhenze@bloomberg.net,
previous year’s leading turbine maker, other markets are set to fill the gap. https://about.bnef.com
fell to fifth place as installations
dropped 22% in its home market,
the US. The figures draw on BNEF’s
global database of wind projects
and extensive information from the
industry.
“A new era of wind build is truly
under way – a second near-100 GW
year represents a new status-quo for
the industry,” said Isabelle Edwards,
senior analyst at BloombergNEF
and lead author of the report. “As
governments worldwide set net-zero
ambitions targeting wind build several
multiples higher than today, the wind
industry has proved it can deliver Source: BloombergNEF. Notes: Total commissioned wind capacity in 2021 was 99,2 GW.
sustained growth.”
Figure 1: Top 10 global wind turbine makers, 2021

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