2018 statistics and Q1 2019
windeurope.org April 2019 This report summarises wind turbine orders that This publication contains information collected on a took place from 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2019. regular basis throughout the year and then verified with relevant members of the industry before WindEurope tracks announced wind turbine orders publishing. Neither WindEurope nor its members, on the basis of publicly available information on nor their related entities are, by means of this commercial transactions and future deals, publication, rendering professional advice or categorising them into firm orders, conditional services. Neither WindEurope nor its members shall orders, partnerships and framework agreements. be responsible for any loss whatsoever sustained by The latter entails more than one order in a any person who relies on this publication. determined period with or without a specified amount of wind turbine units or capacity. Any TEXT AND ANALYSIS: orders which do not fit into these categories are WindEurope Business Intelligence classified as unknown. Ivan Komusanac We do not track Enercon orders because they are MORE INFORMATION: not publicly available. [email protected] Nordex refers to Nordex-Acciona. +32 2 213 18 38
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Number of turbines Gearbox Diameter Generator Class Countries Nordex* 238 N149/4500 111 Yes, 3 stages 149 DFIG S Sweden, Italy N131/3900 51 Yes, 3 stages 131 DFIG S Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine N117/2400 9 Yes, 3 and 4 stages 117 DFIG I France N131/3300 7 Yes, 3 stages 131 DFIG S Luxembourg N131/3600 6 Yes, 3 stages 131 DFIG S France N117/3675 6 Yes, 3 stages 117 DFIG II Netherlands Siemens Gamesa* 78 SG 3.4-132 42 Yes, 3 stages 132 DFIG I, II Spain SG 2.6-114 16 Yes, 3 stages 114 DFIG I, II Spain SG 2.6-126 5 Yes, 3 stages 126 DFIG III Spain Vestas 43 V126-3.45 26 Yes, 3 stages 126 ACR II Russia V136-3.45 13 Yes, 3 stages 136 ACR II, III UK V136-4.2 4 Yes, 3 stages 136 ACR II, S Denmark Senvion 12 3.0M122 10 Yes, 3 stages 122 ACR III Italy 3.6M140 2 Yes, 3 stages 140 ACR I Italy Onshore 2-3 MW 3.1-3.5 MW 3.5-4 MW 4-4.5 MW Bosnia 15 turbines Denmark 4 turbines France 9 turbines 6 turbines 12 turbines Greece 36 turbines Italy 2 turbines 7 turbines Luxembourg 7 turbines Netherlands 13 turbines Russia 26 turbines Spain 21 turbines Sweden 10 turbines 104 turbines UK 13 turbines Ukraine 34 turbines Total 68 turbines 28 turbines 108 turbines 115 turbines
Offshore 3 MW Italy 10 turbines
WindEurope counts wind turbine orders on the basis of Results are then cross-checked with companies’ officially publicly available deals and distinguishes between firm released information on their websites: orders, conditional orders and framework agreements. • Acciona Energía, SA www.acciona-energia.es/ Orders which do not fit into these categories are classified • Adwen adwenoffshore.com/ under ‘unknown.’ All types of orders are tracked but analysis • per country and company is carried out on firm orders alone, GE, www.ge.com/renewableenergy unless specified. We do not track Enercon orders because • MHI Vestas Offshore, http://www.mhivestasoffshore.com/ they are not publicly available. Furthermore, we do not track • Nordex SE www.nordex-online.com/en small-scale turbines (i.e. those smaller than 100 kW). • Senvion https://www.senvion.com/global/en/ • Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Orders are tracked by relying on: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/en-int • offshorewind.biz • Suzlon Wind Energy A/S www.suzlon.com/ • rechargenews.com • Vergnet SA www.vergnet.com/accueil.php • renewablesnow.com • Vestas www.vestas.com/ • renews.biz • windpowerintelligence.com • windpowermonthly.com