List of wind turbine manufacturers
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This is a list of wind turbine manufacturers which shows the Top 10 companies and an alphabetical listing.
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Top 10
Top 10 wind turbine manufacturers by annual market share (installed capacity) in 2010 by BTM ConsultBTM Consult
BTM Consult is an independent consultancy company specializing in services pertaining to renewable energy commercialization. The company was founded in 1986 and named after founder Birger T. Madsen. Staff at BTM Consult have been working with wind power utilization since 1979.In March 2010, BTM...
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VestasVestasVestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. It is the largest in the world, but due to very rapid growth of its competitors, its market share decreased from 28% in 2007 to 12.5% in 2009...
14.8% -
SinovelSinovelSinovel Wind Group Company is the largest turbine manufacturer in China and the third largest in the world.The company aims to be the largest turbine maker by 2015 with half of sales for foreign markets....
11.1% -
GE Wind Energy 9.6% - Goldwind 9.5%
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EnerconEnerconEnercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties. Enercon has production facilities in Germany , Sweden, Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal...
7.2% -
Suzlon GroupSuzlon EnergySuzlon Energy is a global wind power company based in India. In terms of market share, the company is the fifth largest wind turbine manufacturer in Asia...
6.9% (inc Suzlon Energy (India) and RePower (Germany)) - Dongfang ElectricDongfang ElectricChina Dongfang Electric Corporation ; is one of the largest enterprises in China engaging in the manufacturing of power generators and the contracts of power station projects. It is a state-owned enterprise managed by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1984 and...
6.7% -
GamesaGamesa Corporación TecnológicaGamesa Corporación Tecnológica , is a manufacturing company principally involved in the fabrication of wind turbines and the construction of wind farms....
6.6% - / Siemens Wind PowerSiemens Wind PowerSiemens Wind Power, or SWP, is a wind turbine manufacturer with headquarters and main production facilities established in 1980 in Brande, Denmark. SWP is wholly owned by Siemens of Germany since 2004 through the Renewable Energy division in the Siemens Energy sector...
5.9% - United Power (联合动力)4.2%
Alphabetical list
- Acciona EnergyAcciona EnergyAcciona Energy, a subsidiary of Acciona based in Madrid, is a Spanish company developing renewable energy projects, including small hydro, biomass, solar energy and thermal energy, and the marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of co-generation and wind turbine manufacture...
(Spain) - Aeolus Windpower (China)
- Alstom EcotècniaAlstom EcotècniaAlstom Wind formerly known until 4/2010 as Alstom Ecotècnia, is a wind turbine manufacturer with headquarters in Barcelona, Spain. On the 25th of June 2007, Alstom acquired the Spanish company Ecotécnia for 350 million euro and entered the wind turbine industry.Ecotécnia was established in 1981,...
(Spain) - A Power Energy Systems ltd.A Power Energy Systems ltd.A-Power Energy Generation Systems is a provider of distributed generation systems in China. In 2008, A-Power entered the wind energy market and has built the largest wind turbine manufacturing facility, located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, with technologies licensed from German and...
(China) - AREVAArevaAREVA is a French public multinational industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Tour Areva in Courbevoie, Paris. AREVA is mainly known for nuclear power; it also has interests in other energy projects. It was created on 3 September 2001, by the merger of Framatome , Cogema and...
(France) Purchased Multibrid (Germany) in June 2010 - Bergey Windpower Co. (USA)
- BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
(USA) only experimental. Dismantled. - BornayBornayBornay is a commune in the Jura department in Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
(Spain) - BRAUN Windturbinen (Germany)
- Broadwind Energy (USA)
- Clipper WindpowerClipper WindpowerClipper Windpower is a wind turbine manufacturing company formed in 2001 by James G.P. Dehlsen, who also formed Zond in 1980. In December 2010 Clipper Windpower was acquired by United Technologies Corporation.-History:...
(USA) - DyoCore SolAir (USA)
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ' is the second largest shipbuilder in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea.On 21 February 2011, the A. P...
(Korea) - DeWindDewindDeWind is an internationally active producer of wind power plants, originating in Germany. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Irvine, California and Lübeck, Germany. DeWind has the legal form of a corporation, and, since Summer 2006, it is a subsidiary company of the Californian...
(Germany/USA) - bought by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine EngineeringDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd ' is the second largest shipbuilder in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea.On 21 February 2011, the A. P...
in 2009 - Doosan (Korea)
- Ecotècnia (Spain)
- EnerconEnerconEnercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties. Enercon has production facilities in Germany , Sweden, Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal...
(Germany) - Enron WindEnron WindEnron Wind Systems, part of the Enron group, were manufacturers of wind turbines. The group was formed after the acquisition in January 1997 of Zond Corporation of California, the largest US developer of wind-powered electricity at the time....
(now defunct) - wind-turbine manufacturing assets bought by General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
in 2002 - Gamesa Eólica (Spain)
- General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
(USA) - Goldwind (China)
- HanjinHanjinThe Hanjin Group is a South Korean conglomerate, or Jaebeol. The group is a holding company that includes a shipping company, Hanjin Shipping , and Korean Air , which was acquired in 1969...
(Korea) - HyosungHyosungHyosung Corporation is a Korean industrial conglomerate , founded in 1957. It operates in various fields, including the chemical industry, industrial machinery, IT, trade, and construction. It is known in Korea mostly for high-end apartments and automatic teller machines. Its CEO is S.R. Cho...
(Korea) - Hyundai Heavy IndustriesHyundai Heavy IndustriesHyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...
(Korea) - INVAPINVAPINVAP S.E. is an Argentine high-technology company dedicated to the design, integration, construction and delivery of high complexity equipment, plants and devices.-Background:...
(Argentina) - Lagerwey WindLagerwey WindLagerwey Wind BV is a Dutch company. It is located in Barneveld and is focussed on the design of modern direct drive wind turbines.In 2009 the L82-2MW was put into operation...
(The Netherlands) - Leitner GroupLeitner GroupLeitner Group is an Italian conglomerate, based in the province of South Tyrol, that owns and runs several industrial and equipment companies....
(Italy) - LM Wind Power (Denmark)
- Ming YangMing YangMing Yang Wind Power Group is the largest non-state sponsored turbine manufacturer in China and the fifth largest overall in the country....
(China) - Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesMitsubishi Heavy Industries, or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...
(Japan) - NEG MiconNEG MiconNEG Micon is a former Danish wind turbine manufacturer. It was formed in 1997 as a result of a merger between Nordtank Energy Group and Micon....
, now part of Vestas - NordexNordexNordex is a German company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines. The domicile is located in the German city of Hamburg, production takes place in Rostock, China and Jonesboro, Arkansas. The company was founded in 1985 in Give, Denmark. Since then the company steadily grew...
(Germany) - Nordic WindpowerNordic WindpowerNordic Windpower is a privately owned manufacturer of wind turbines that was founded as a government run business in Sweden and is now based in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States....
(USA) - Northern Power SystemsNorthern Power SystemsNorthern Power Systems is an electrical engineering company that designs and manufactures small-scale wind turbines. The company was founded in 1974, and has since grown into a multinational corporation headquartered in Barre, Vermont, with operations on three different...
(USA) - PacWindPacWindPacWind, Inc. is a wind turbine manufacturing company based in Torrance, California, United States.- History :The company was founded in 1998, and released their first patented vertical axis wind turbines in May 2006...
(USA) - quietrevolutionQuietrevolution wind turbineThe quietrevolution is a brand of vertical axis helical turbine. The helical design is most similar to the Gorlov helical turbine. Both are an evolution of the Darrieus wind turbine. It has won several awards including the "Sustainable Innovation Award" in 2006...
(United Kingdom) - Raum Energy Inc.Raum Energy Inc.Raum Energy Inc. is a company based in Saskatoon, Canada which designs and manufactures small-scale wind turbines, grid-tie inverter and battery charge controller systems. These systems, which can run off of either wind or photovoltaic generated power, are specifically designed for use with...
(Canada) - REpower (Germany) - app. 90% owned by Suzlon
- Samsung Heavy IndustriesSamsung Heavy IndustriesSamsung Heavy Industries or SHI is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea...
(Korea) - SANYSANY Group Company Ltd.SANY Group Company Ltd. is a heavy construction equipment manufacturer located in Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China. Founded in 1989, it is one of the largest heavy equipment manufacturers in China, and employs over 40,000 people worldwide....
(China) - ScanwindScanWindScanWind was a Norwegian manufacturing company that produces wind turbines. In 2009 Scanwind was bought by General Electric, and formed the ground for GE Wind Energy as in Norway. The company has its head office in Trondheim and production facilities in Verdal, both Norway, as well as engineering...
(Norway) - bought by General ElectricGeneral ElectricGeneral Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
in 2009 - SchulerSchulerSchuler is the surname of:* Ella Schuler, American supercentenarian* Franz Schuler , Austrian biathlete* Hans Schuler, American sculptor* Markus Schuler, German soccer player* Max Schuler, German engineer, first described the Schuler tuning...
(Germany) - Siemens Wind PowerSiemens Wind PowerSiemens Wind Power, or SWP, is a wind turbine manufacturer with headquarters and main production facilities established in 1980 in Brande, Denmark. SWP is wholly owned by Siemens of Germany since 2004 through the Renewable Energy division in the Siemens Energy sector...
(DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
/ GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - SinovelSinovelSinovel Wind Group Company is the largest turbine manufacturer in China and the third largest in the world.The company aims to be the largest turbine maker by 2015 with half of sales for foreign markets....
(China) - Shandong Swiss Electric (China)
- Sonkyo Energy (Spain)
- Southwest WindpowerSouthwest WindpowerSouthwest Windpower is a wind turbine manufacturer established in 1987 based in Flagstaff, Arizona. The company specializes in small, reliable battery charging wind generators that complement photovoltaics in supplying energy to rural areas....
(USA) - Soyut Wind (Turkey)
- SRC Green Power (India)
- Spreco Silentwindgenerator (Portugal) / (Germany)
- STX Windpower (The Netherlands)
- Suzlon (India)
- Urban Green EnergyUrban Green EnergyUrban Green Energy is a small wind turbine manufacturer, founded in 2007. UGE specializes in the design, manufacturing, and testing of vertical axis wind turbines, which it primarily markets as distributed energy solutions for homes and businesses...
(USA) - VestasVestasVestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. It is the largest in the world, but due to very rapid growth of its competitors, its market share decreased from 28% in 2007 to 12.5% in 2009...
(Denmark), the world's largest manufacturer of wind turbines - WinWinDWinWinDWinWinD is a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It manufactures and supplies wind turbines with capacity of 1 and 3 MW....
(Finland) - Windflow (New Zealand)