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I had taken some notes while reading World Wind Energy Report 2009 which was published by World Wind Energy Assiciation. Now, I would like to share these notes with you:

- Growth rate of wind energy industry in terms of installed capacity was 31,7 % which can be stated as the highest rate since 2001.

- China was the pioneer country in terms of adding 13800 MW capacity within one year.

- The USA was the number one in terms of total installed capacity followed by China and Germany.

- Asia had  40,4%, North America had 28,4% and Europe had 27,3% shares of new installations.

- Investments in wind energy gained momentum in spite of the global economic crisis. So, the crises had no negative impact in the development of wind energy industry.

- The finance sector had learned that the investment in wind energy is a low-risk investment.

- The highest growth rate was seen in Mexico (~400%), followed by Turkey (132%) which had the highest rate in previous year, China (113%) and Morocco (104%).

- 340 Terawatthours was produced with all wind turbines installed by the end of 2009. This amount can supply 2% of the global electricity demand or the electricity demand of Italy which had the seventh largest economy of the world.

- Continental shares in new installed capacity was as follows in 2009: Asia 40,4%, North America 28,4%, Europe 27,3%, Latin America 1,9%, Australia Pacific 1,4%, Africa 0,4%.

- Continental shares in total installed capacity was as follows: Europe 47,9%, Asia 25,1%, North America 24,2%, Australia Pacific 1,5%, Latin America 0,9%, Africa 0,5%.


Reference:
-  World Wind Energy Report 2009 ( http://www.wwindea.org/home/images/stories/worldwindenergyreport2009_s.pdf ). Report. World Wind Energy Association. February 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.


A.Yigit NEPHAN
13.07.2010