Vestas Remains Top Wind Turbine Maker as BTM Cuts Market Outlook
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S remained the world’s largest wind turbine maker last year, Navigant Consulting Inc.’s BTM Consult unit said in an annual study that lowered its forecast for the market through 2016.
Vestas retained its top spot with 12.9 percent of the market in 2011, topping Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. with a 9.4 percent share. General Electric Co. was third with 8.8 percent, Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA was next at 8.2 percent and Enercon GmbH fifth at 7.9 percent, Ringkoebing, Denmark-based BTM said today in an e-mailed statement.