From: tgray@igc.apc.org (Tom Gray)
Newsgroups: sci.environment
Subject: --Europe to Top Billion-kWh Mark
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:36:00 GMT
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!tgray    Jan  4 09:36:00 1993


/* Written  7:54 am  Jan  4, 1993 by tgray@igc.apc.org in igc:en.energy */

EUROPEAN WIND TO TOP
BILLION-KWH MARK
 
European wind turbines will, for the first time, exceed 1 billion
kWh (1 TWh) in electric power output in 1992.
 
Production within Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands alone will
reach 1.25 billion kWh this year, as much as will be generated by
wind in either California's Altamont or Tehachapi Pass, and more
than twice the amount projected from turbines in the San Gorgonio
Pass.
 
Worldwide wind generation will likely reach 4.3 billion kWh in
1992. California, which due to poor winds is not expected to
produce more than the 2.7 billion kWh recorded last year, will
account for about 67% of total world production.
 
If current trends continue, European nations will install 1,100 MW
of wind generating capacity by the end of 1993.  During 1992 and
1993 as much as 500 MW of new capacity will be added, mostly in
Denmark, Germany, England, and the Netherlands.
 
The following compilation by Wind Energy Weekly was derived from
numerous sources including Andrew Garrad of the United Kingdom's
Garrad Hassan Associates, Birger Madsen of Denmark's BTM Consult,
and the European Community.
 
At its current pace, the total scale of European wind development
will rival the windfarms of California by 1995.  Europeans, whether
privately or through their electric utilities, are investing $300
million to $500 million per year in wind equipment and associated
services, not including research and development. 
 
 
                 INSTALLED MW
                    Projected
               1991  1992  1993  
---------------------------------
Denmark         418   470   520  
Netherlands      83   116   120  
Germany          90   170   220  
United Kingdom   10    30   131  
Spain            15    45    57  
Belgium           6     6     6  
Italy             5     6    20  
Greece            5    26    26  
Portugal          2     2     2  
Sweden            8    12    12  
France            1     1     2  
Ireland                 7     8  
---------------------------------
Total           643   890  1123  
MW Installed/yr 166   247   234  
 
1992 Paul Gipe/AWEA
 
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