2011 WIND INDUSTRY in gERMany - Wind-Energy-Market

cOntents81565030 11224EmploymEnt – soundEmployEr with GrowinGimportanCEthe importance of the wind industry as anemployer continues to grow. in contrast tonearly all other branches of the economy,development in the wind industry remainedstable even during the recent economiccrisis.26ClimatE protECtion –not possiblE without windpowErin Germany and around the world, windenergy is already making an enormouscontribution to climate protection. accordingto the Global Wind energy council(GWec), 194,400 mW of capacity has alreadybeen installed, saving 260 million metrictons of cO 2 every year.28Grid intEGration – EuropE’spowEr supply dEpEnds onthE Expansion oF powErGridsthe course is set for a reorganisation of theenergy supply in Germany and europe. Windand other renewable energies are to be rapidlyexpanded. this means that the Germanand european power grids need to change.CompaniEs30manuFaCturErscompany overview on pages 6 and 750suppliErscompany overview on pages 6 and 7112sErviCE & loGistiCscompany overview on pages 6 and 7150publishEr and CoopErationpartnErsindustry dirECtory156around 500 rElEvantaddrEssEs For thE windindustry in GErmany201piCturE CrEditsimprintWind industry in Germany5