Turkey ranks fifth among Europe’s leading producers of strategic wind turbine components, according to the latest WindEurope report, Wind Energy and Economic Recovery in Europe.
The report showcased the state-of-play of the European wind power industry and its global competitiveness along with its industrial footprint in Europe.
The report found that in a very competitive market, worth 50 billion euros ($59.3 billion) – 38 billion euros onshore and 12 billion euros offshore – in 2020, China takes the lion’s share at 45% with nearly 800 wind turbine component manufacturing sites.
Europe ranks second at 31%, followed by India at 7%, Brazil at 5% while North America, including the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is home to only 4.5% of global wind component factories.
The report showed that the top four producers of strategic wind turbine components in Europe, in order of size, are; Germany with 82, Spain with 41, Italy with 17 and Denmark with 13.
Turkey follows these countries with 12 operational facilities, making it the fifth-largest wind turbine component producer in Europe. Of these 12 facilities, six facilities produce towers, four produce blades and two facilities produce castings.
