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EU offshore wind power market remained stable in 2011 - EWEA

2011 was a stable year for the offshore wind industry with 235 new offshore wind turbines grid connected, worth approximately 2.4 billion euros, shows a report published by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

According to the report "The European offshore wind industry key 2011 trends and statistics", 235 new turbines with a total power capacity of 866 MW were fully grid connected last year, which is 17 MW less than in 2010, across nine offshore wind farms.

Nine offshore wind farms currently under construction will bring online an additional 2375 MW – increasing the EU’s total installed offshore wind power capacity by 62%, shows the report. 

Across the EU, a total of 1371 offshore turbines have now been grid connected, with a total power capacity of 3813 Megawatts in 53 wind farms in 10 European countries.

EWEA’s target for installed EU offshore wind power capacity by 2020 is 40,000 MW, producing approximately 4% of the EU’s total electricity consumption.

The report also shows that the majority (87%) of all newly installed and grid connected offshore wind power in 2011 was in British waters.

Siemens supplied 80% of the MW installed offshore last year while SSE and RWE Innogy were the most active developers and DONG Energy continued to be the most active equity player in offshore wind power.

Source: EWEA