The manufacturers of large wind energy plants for generation of current are structured very different. In addition, many years long were active in this industry only medium-size enterprises, since the second half of the nineties large companies developed or became active. The largest manufacturers on the world market are Vestas (27.9% market share in the year 2005), General Electric (17.7% market share in the year 2005), Enercon (13.2% market share in the year 2005) and Gamesa (12.9% market share in the year 2005) press release of BTM Consult ApS of 30." March 2006. http://www.btm.dk/Documents/Pressrelease.pdf, 09.04.2006. Since beginning 21. Century takes place a market shakeout. Smaller manufacturers and also component supplier were bought up or displaced by the market.

Active companies

• AT wind energy (Germany) - German selling of Siemens
• DeWind (Germany) - recently to a British investor sells
• (Spain)
• Enercon (Germany) - market leaders in Germany (2005)
• Driving countries (Germany)
• Gamesa (Spain)
• General Electric (the USA)
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)
• Multibrid development company (Germany)
• Nordex (Germany)
• REpower (Germany)
• Siemens (Denmark/Germany)
• Suzlon (India)
• Vensys (Germany)
• Vestas (Denmark) - at present (2005) largest manufacturer on the world market
• WinWinD (Finland)
• Zephyros (the Netherlands)

No longer producing manufacturers

• Bonus (Denmark) - since 10/2004 part of Siemens, before Danregn Vindkraft
• BWU (Trampe, Germany) - BWU Brandenburgi wind and pollution-control technologies GmbH 2001 in REpower came up
• Enron - after the insolvency the wind business field was taken over by General Electric
• Frisia (Minden, Germany) - production 2001 adjusted; now suppliers and Dienstleister
• Jacobs energy (Germany/Husum) - come up in REpower
• Jeumont (France) - former daughter adjusted by Framatome, production 2004
• Husumer dockyard (Germany) - come up in REpower
• Lagerwey - former Netherlands manufacturer of wind energy plants with and without transmissions; meanwhile only service company
• Larva (Spain] - taken over of Gamesa (Spain) 2003
• MBB - the business field gave up; built the Monopteros
• Micon (Denmark) - became NEG Micon
• NedWind (the Netherlands)
• NEG Micon (Denmark) - developed from the fusion of north tank and Micon; come up in fusion with Vestas
• North tank (Denmark) - became NEG Micon
• Pfleiderer (Germany) - sales of the know-how at driving countries (smaller plants) and Prokon north, empty (Multibrid)
• South wind (Germany)
• Tacke (Germany) - to insolvency from Enron (the USA) one bought up, went then at General Electric
• Ventis
• Wind World (Denmark) - came up in NEG Micon, which fused again with Vestas
• WTN
• Zond (the USA) - in Enron (now General Electric) come up

Market shares/statistics

World market

German market

See also

• Wind generator - information and manufacturers of small wind-powered devices for house, yard and applications of boats

Related links

• Information to some manufacturers (not independent)

Sources

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