Back of envelope numbers (very rough) based on AWEA preliminary data, for capacity additions in the US 2009:

The EU supplied somewhere between 42-45% of the total installed.

•  Vestas  (DK)              16%
  
•  Siemens  (DK/D)      13%
  
•  Gamesa  (SP)              7%
  
•  REpower  (D)              4%
  
•  Acciona  (SP)              2%
  
•  Nordex  (D)              <1%   (new to market)

•  Mitsubishi  (J)             8%
  
•  Suzlon  (I)                   6%

•  Clipper  (US)               3%
  
•  GE  (US/D)                  41%

Some portion of US manufactured turbines use European components, as do those from Asia.  Towers are largely produced domestically for all turbines.  Rotor blades are often from European companies with facilities in the US, though some are shipped.

The first Chinese manufactured turbines have already been installed in the US, with the first significant order already in place for 2010 delivery.

US jobs in the industry remained steady at an estimated 85,000.  Increased were construction and O&M, decreases were in manufacturing.

Projecting into 2010, market signals remain mixed, with some growth and CAPEX decisions awaiting the results from a disfunctional Congress.  

We're still awaiting 2009 EU stats, and while one can safely say the EU numbers won't be aggressive, they won't be lagging too much either.  The EU is in a transition phase, hurt by the lack of push to further develop onshore but helped by the beginnings of the repowering sector, where older, smaller turbines are reaching the end of their economic life, and will be replaced.

Anecdote from the wind geek dinner:  wry smiles as we remarked on the turbines (installed years ago) spinning at the edge of the airport, while politicians in the UK are still looking for solutions to the "radar problem."  (censored)


"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin