WindEurope announced that in Q1 2019 there were 25 new wind turbine orders for 1.3 GW in 11 countries of Europe. The majority came from onshore wind and the ordered capacity was similar to that in Q1 2018. Sweden and Spain attracted most of the orders, with Nordex receiving 67% of the orders from 6 countries. There was only one order in offshore (30 MW), with Senvion supplying turbines for what will be the first commercial offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea.
WindEurope’s 2018 and Q1 2019 Wind Turbine Orders Monitor report also shows that across 2018there were 116 orders for a record high 12.5 GW of ordered capacity. About 7 GW of this was onshore, and 5.6 GW offshore. The UK led with the most ordered capacity (3.2 GW), followed by Belgium and Spain. Vestas had the most onshore orders (2.5 GW) followed by SGRE (2.2 GW). Also, MHI Vestas and SGRE each had offshore orders of 2.8 GW.
”The trend towards larger turbines is very strong; 4 MW+ onshore turbines represented more than a third of all onshore orders, while 9 MW+ offshore turbines attracted 50% of all offshore orders”, say WindEurope experts.
