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Another ranking, same top spot
Official Press Release Bloomberg NEF:
Vestas Leaves Competitors Trailing as Wind Industry Posts Another Record Year of Almost 100 Gigawatts
Global commissioning of wind turbines reached 99.2GW in 2021, moving ever-closer to a 100-gigawatt year. Offshore wind additions surged 161% year-on-year
The wind industry posted another record for new commissioned capacity in 2021, as total additions fell just short of 100 gigawatts for the second year in a row, according to a new report by research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF’s 2021 Global Wind Turbine Market Shares report finds that developers brought online some 99.2 gigawatts of wind turbines globally in 2021, edging past the 98.5 gigawatts commissioned the previous year. While the majority was added on land (83%), additions of new offshore turbines rose to 16.8 gigawatts – a 161% increase compared with 2020. Vestas regained... ... More: Official Press Release Bloomberg NEF
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